Some people think that schools should not test and grade students. Others think that grades are important. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.

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Nowadays, there
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going on on whether
students
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need to be tested or not in order to graduate them.
This
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essay will share my opinion on both sides.
First,
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I want to give my thoughts on why
student
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students
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should not be tested and to eliminate
grading
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the grading
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system. Each
students
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have
variety
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of skills,
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it will be unfair if schools evaluate them based on all the subjects that
students
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have learned. Academic
grades
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should be judged by the
students
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' capability and interest.
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,
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lack of ones understanding towards a subject, can not be a reason to
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a student.
By contrast
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,
grades
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practically important to some extent. Teachers can assess what is still lacking from their
students
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and help them to improve their
grades
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. In conclusion,
grades
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in fact quite important.
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, schools can not be used as
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a determinant
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for a
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students
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student
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to graduate school or pass the subject.
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  • thirdly
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  • moreover
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