Although most people will probably be blogging about the end of The Scarlet Letter this week, I racked my brain for some other things that we had talked about in class.(Although I have a strong urge to write about how aggravating the end of the novel was!) I remember that once we turned in our test on The Scarlet Letter, some people said they thought it was easy, while others complained about how they probably failed. Ms. Valentino said something very important that I need to remember more, as do most students at Troy High. I think it was something like, “Your grades do not define you, it’s how much you learn that really matters”. I guess it should seem obvious that grades don’t define who you are, yet I feel that many people base their self worth on the grades they receive. I am not saying that students shouldn’t try their best and challenge themselves by taking difficult classes, but we need to recognize that such a concrete thing, such as grades, do not define someone. So you may be wondering what does define someone. In all honesty, I am wondering the same thing. Is it the experiences someone has had? The actions they take to help others? Everything that they love and have a passion for? Is it their biological makeup? With all of those things, how did grades even find their way into what defines someone. Maybe society’s focus is all wrong. Maybe we should be graded on who we are as people, not on how many facts we can memorize. The next time you get a test back, look at the letter grade in a new light; know that much more defines who you are than the grade written on your paper.
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