Wesch's Lecture Video

Wesch brings up many interesting points that can be discussed many times over. The one point that was brought to my mind is the questions students asked: "how long does the paper have to be" "what is going to be on the test" etc. He said how much he hates these questions because it proves that the only thing the students are interested in, is the grade. But I, as a student, say, "Why shouldn't we be?" As much as we try to learn, many times the only thing that matter is the ultimate grade. On a job application there is not box for 'amount you learned in college", but there is a spot for GPA. Additionally, the grading system isn't based on how much students learn. For example, I hate chemistry, and when I took it in high school I knew nothing about it before the class. By the end of the course, I had learned a lot but still didn't get the grade I would have wanted. It's because of that, that students don't see the incentive to retain the information rather than knowing it for the time that it matters.