Delete notes “sanctions” a false debate – Boulevard Voltaire

In an interview with the Paris , in June 2014, Benoît Hamon, then Minister of Education, said that “ Today, our evaluation system identifies gaps and failures of the students, which can be very discouraging for some . ” The man noticed a bad note highlights gaps in students’ knowledge: what surprising news were it! Najat Vallaud-Belkacem has stepped into the breach dug by his predecessor, and would also review the scoring system.

A note, even low, is not a sanction but an assessment of work done. Delete them, or make them exceptional, do not allow a more detailed assessment of the level of the students contrary to what the ministry. Parents do not understand and some students, objectively fail, as they think progress will be stalled. The student does not have to be discouraged by a bad note; on the contrary, it should bring it to try to get better in the future.

This reflection is however necessary and interesting. It is true that French children are anxious, and sometimes not everything is done to exploit the specific skills of each. Some children (or adolescents) intelligent but immature, as is often especially boys, may feel restrained in the school system and sometimes complexed following some derogatory comments. But the “suppression” of the notes and the “positive” evaluation being students of appropriate solutions?

Hell is paved with good intentions, and what can pass for a positive idea does is not here. Far from helping students who need to regain confidence, this measure would obscure their apprehension of serious requirement and results required to perform studies (and, regardless of the domain). The young French are already sufficiently prepared for the real world, not all have the same opportunities but all can provide the means to do the best. Rather than reviewing the evaluation methods should be reviewed philosophy that underlies contemporary national education. The mastery of knowledge should be seen as an enrichment and not a chore, and the educational process be more than the simple transmission of a sum of utilities and directly applicable knowledge.

If the students became aware of importance and fun that can be drawn to study, notes “sanctions” would be rare because youth likes nothing better than entertaining; This is also the role of the Ministry show that reading a Balzac novel is infinitely more profitable than before brutalize emissions “tele unreality.” Remove Notes will not hide anything the current failure of Education to convey the love of learning.