My Thoughts About Grades

My thoughts about grades are that they are affective. My school doesn't do letter grades, and yesterday my history teacher said that there has been a study showing that if a student is handed a bad grade that they will do worse on the following test. Not because they aren't bright enough, but because the student has the grade. The pyscological connection between the bad grade and the test, would make the student feel that they have already done a bad job and therefore are going to do a bad job on the test whether or not they study. Then they don't study, and do a bad job just as they thought they would. If they had received a good grade then they would've done better on the test because they would've studied.
My first sentence above saying that grades are affective, is my firm belief. However, I can see how it can be interpreted the wrong way. I'm not saying that grades are affective to mean that they show the students' entire academic ability or that they influence the student completely, I'm saying that they have an affect on the student's mind.
Because I'll be in high school next year, I've asked for grades in as many classes as I can get. You need them for college, and I like having the grades there. I recieve good grades and that keeps me getting good grades. I think "Okay, what did I do last time that got me a good grade?" Study, finish my homework on time, etc. Recieving a good grade keeps the good grades coming because the pyscological belief in the mind keeps it there.
I personally am not a believer that grades are for everyone. For lots of people, whether the grades are good or bad, grades are just too pressurized. And that affects the brain. Getting a grade is affective. Sometimes even just thinking of a grade is too affective for some people.
Grades are affective.