Kurt Wiesenfeld Making The Grade Analysis

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In Kurt Wiesenfeld’s article “Making the Grade”, he address the issue that students want a higher grade than they deserve. He goes on to prove this be by giving examples of previous students that he has had and what can happen when students get the grades that they want and not what they deserve. In Wiesenfeld’s article he states that about ten percent of students that take his class do not care about their grades until final grades are over. “You might groan and moan, but you accepted it as the outcome of your efforts or lack thereof,” Wiesenfeld stated. He also goes on to state “If they’re good at getting partial credit but not at getting the answers right, then the new breaks or the new drug doesn’t work.” He also goes on to give examples