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The grading system is antiquated, subjective and has little to do with actual learning. Take someone who has a 90% average, who followed the system of memorization and regurgitation, and test them a year later to see what they learned. Short term memory is wonderful for high grades, but does little in the pursuit of actual learning.
In high school I had a C average and university a B average and believe me, that was diificult for me. Not the material or my ability to understand it, but rather the fact that I am terrible at writing exams. If I could do my exams orally, I would have received A+'s instead of B's easily. Which is another reason I opted for writing essays over exams to lessen the mark alotted to the exams I had to write..
Slightly off topic,...when I was in school, memorization and regurgitation was the rule of thumb regarding teaching. I don't know if that has changed. When schools start teaching people to think and learn, and them encourage the pupil's interests in or out of school, will be when we have a populace that excels in those interests. The person graduating with a D probably has little or no interest in what they were studying, and no one took the time to figure out their interests. Doesn't mean having a system that caters to each student, but instilling a concept in that person as how something relates to their interests will go a long way.
And what Baraka Guru said.
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