Marks and Marking System Reflections

Why do you think some teachers like to grade students “on a curve”? Do you see merit in the authors’ point about teachers being less motivated to improve when doing this? Why or why not? What effect do you think it might have on student motivation? Explain.
I think some teachers grade on a curve because sometimes it is easy for them. I don’t think it is fair to the students because there are some that understand the material and some that don’t. For the ones that understand it they are not getting the grade that they deserve. The children that don’t understand they are being based on a percentage of a grade instead of just getting the grade that they deserve. If they get the grade that they deserve then the teacher can help them because they will se that they don’t understand the material. I see the reason about the teachers being less motivated to improve this because it is just easier to grade on a curve than to go over the material until the students understand it. I think that would be better for the students because then they will have a better tie learning and a better self esteem because then they could be proud of their grade because they earned it and it was just not handed to them. The effect that it will have on the students will be bad because, the students that understand the information will just not exceed because they will just take the grade. The students that don’t understand the information will just be content with the grade given to tem and they will not try to lean more.