Are grades important to you?

I feel that grades are important to a certain extent. The growing process of a child is not focused on his grades in school, but also the development of his character and other skills( Leadership, communication with people). Grades can assure a wide choices of modules/ subjects that the child can take up, which may or may not relate to what they will work in the future. However, the vital skills that they learn are more important as they will need these skills regardless what job they have taken up in the future. For my country, I feel that parents are too concerned about grades, which gives their child pressure. To add on, some parent do not allow the child to participate in activites in school. This will restrict the child development in their own skills and abilities. The child should not be restricted or blamed if he/she have done their best. If a child is not doing well academically, he /she might have hidden talent in other areas. ( Design, Programming)

Ofcourse grades are important to me but now I realized that I don't have to force my child to reach an A's grade...as long as he/she is studying and doing good in school that's enough for me...

I do think grades are important during my school years but not now during my medical schools because I do find out that students with higher grades are cheaters during the exams, not all but some of them. Then in my university, sometimes the past year questions will be repeated all over again or may be I should say that I'm taking the exact last year question paper. So student who just memorizing the answers from friends' work can just get a higher grades. So in conclusion, it is really depends on the situation to say whether grades are important or not.

I have no children but i always keep an eye on my younger brothers grades. I dont mind if he gets a 'B' or 'C' in any subjects if he puts all his effort. But he can easily get 'A' but never bother to put the effort to strive for it. So I have no choice but to force my parenst to put restriction on his activities till his grades improve

Grades are not that important to me, i have been working online since the age of 14 so thats nearly 10 years and do not need grades to do what im doing at the minute, i love to do this, thanks

Huh?? How can they get A's and not know the material? I think that you, the parent, know what your child is capable of. Like you said and if you feel they arent doing the best they can then you should do something about it. I bet once you restricted things from them their grades went back up. If they know whats expected of them they are going to work hard at it. if they are let to slack then thats what they are going to do..just enough to get by. I think kids need to be encouraged and maybe need to be nudged now and then to do the best they can. Just like anything they do..play sports.. they wouldnt run a race and slow down at the finish line..no they would run as fast as they can to win. So why isnt it okay to push hard on good grades?

grades do reflect the performance of a child but not all of it and it does not always reflect what your child can actually do. Although I believe children should strive for good grades. I think this is not as important as instilling in the child to strive for actual learning and not just the grades. grades should only be an indicator and not the main objective in going to school.

Grades are important but not too important for me as long as it is a decent grades it's fine with me. Well I do think you should not push your children too much in getting A's and B's all the time. They might be pressured and not enjoy school because all they will think is to get high grades for the parents satisfaction. It is better if you don't pressure them. You know what your child can and can't do. Is tiring to do school works not just intellectual but also physical and emotional.

Ya if they are working hard then they will get good grade. But i will test the children according to the subject. I ask my children aome questions from their subject only if they answered then i will leave them to study as they want. If they have good grip about the subject then no need of grades. Grades are based on the exams but i don't believe exams i believe only the concept how much my children learned. If they have concept that is enough no need of getting good grades. I don't care about the grades. Because in future the subject only important not the grades, if they have good subject then they will become a good student even he didint have good grade.

To me as a mother as long as my son tries and put's the effort into his work that's all I really care about. My son has done really good in his school work and I am proud of him for it. He has had a couple of area's that he just seemed to slide on and that's behavorial in school and he is working on bringing that up. A's, B's, and c's are ok with me if he ever get's d's and f's then yah there's problem and that is showing me that something isn't right and he need's some help. I want to see him like school which he does alot and he's 10 and move on every year to the next grade. I really don't care about the grades.

Grades are not important to me at all, a grade is an improper measurement of how smart we are. Grades are only in certain subjects that are forced upon children and if you think about it kids nowadays don't really have a choice of what they want to learn until like seventh or eight grade.

Yes definitely and obviously grades are important to me.I always want my children to get good grades in order to get admission in good institutions.

This is a rant, so If you can't be bothered, skip to the last line :) As long as you've done a good job teaching your kids about how important education is, I'd leave the rest up to them. You can force or trick kids into doing what you want but unless they're doing it for themselves, it's a wasted influence, because as your influence becomes less as they grow up, straight A grades won't matter if they decide they've just had enough of studying. I've been a lazy person. I did ok in school. I pretty much floated on by because I knew what I wanted to be from a young age and I was good at it, so I never tried 100% at school and uni. When I look back on those years, I'm glad I spent a lot of time with friends having fun rather than pushing myself to breaking point. Recently, I started my second degree (Mathematics :|) and despite working full time, and overtime lol, I'm getting consistenly high grades. My point is this... When your kids get to an age where they really know what they want, they'll get the grades that you know they're capable of, as long as they know they can realise their goals through education.

The important thing is that they have a correct attitude towards learning. Once someone likes to learn, it's hard to stop them from being motivated to learn more. Grades are sometimes a reflection of their discipline and ability to manage time. However, sometimes, no matter how much they try, some people have problems with certain subjects. I had a really hard time with Calculus in the University even though I studied like hell for it. So you'll need to find out: is it a problem grasping the subjects tested, or is it an attitude problem?

Yes, grades are pretty important. They were very important in my family. If you did not make a C or better in any of your classes in school, then something was wrong with you. There is no excuse for anyone to fail in my family. Work hard, attend classes, do as you are told, do the very best that you can, and you should be able to get a C or higher in school. It is all about working for what you want.

I do care about marks, I don't thing that grades always represents the actual understanding to the material, it has a role of luck sometime and how much the child liked the teacher and the material. If your children know what they are do, don't worry, but if you see things deteriorates then you have to to make something and find out the case. I hope good luck for your children.

== Hi There. Well, for me, yes. It is important. I am the one who supports my siblings in their studies and it is very important for the family and for them to get good grades. I am not looking for a high remarkable grades but good passing grades and as long as they did their best of course. I want them to finish college in time that is why grades are important but I always tell them that they need to be good in their work as well when they apply for a job because grades ain’t gonna save your butt there. Hehehe… Happy Holidays! And Happy Mylotting! Cheers!

hi, according to me, grades doesn't mean anything unless they fetch you a scholarship. but if you think from parents' side, you may feel that it is good that your kid is placed first and has good grades. but we should never pressurize them to score a higher grade or compare them with some other children who is very good at studies. it may let them down. lets see others views...

Yes grades are important to pass but you must not push your child too hard for they might not going to enjoy their childhood. Rewards would be a better option. If they have high grades give them rewards if not give them encouragement to do better next time but not punish them.

Yep, grades are of the utmost importance to me. I know I can do better, I know I know the material and all that, but seeing that grade in my report card will have a pretty harsh impact on me. I've had A/B grades all my life, and this time I know I'm gonna get a C, even though it was unavoidable circumstances, I had missed the topic there was a test for and therefore got really bad grades for it. I know that, but still that grade's gonna be there, and it's not going to be very welcoming. It makes a very big difference to me what grade I get...just tells me the truth about how good I'm actually doing, sure I'm doing well, but look there's that bad grade there, I need to do better.