Assignment 4

Grades in Primary School Is Feedback - Not Punishment

Swedish children have suffered enough from SAP and their Marxist allies' ideas of education, namely branding every individual equal in all aspects, including their intelligence and academic potential. This is not good for the children, rather the opposite as numerous gifted children does not receive enough attention and assistance at the early stages of life which in turn leads to a decline in how much the child actually cares about her/his education. Now if the average gifted child got told she/he is exceptionally intelligent or particularly good at something at an early stage it would be safe to say that she/he would feel acknowledged and that her/his achievements are appreciated; which in turn leads to increased focus and effort concerning her/his studies.

Sweden is a part of the European Union, which means that we are cooperating with other countries within specific fields such as trying to combat and control international criminality and certain issues concerning the environment. Now would it be good to profile Sweden within the European Union as a developing country when it comes to education? It is safe to admit that this is nothing which would be of benefit for Sweden, its citizens or Sweden's international credibility as a country where we care for our children's education and future. However this is exactly what is happening at this very moment, as the other countries within the European Union do grade their students at much earlier stages in school.

There are critics of this reform, however their major argument is that children should be allowed to be children as long as possible; an argument which sounds quite reactionary. These critics are more often than not partisans of SAP and its allies, which ironically has housed a couple of questionable figures in Swedish politics such as Gudrun Schyman. This lady has been caught red-handed stating rash ideas such as "every child should receive an Acceptable grade by default"; the support of this statement was ironically that children should not feel any stress or pressure concerning school. This support undermines itself though; the fabricated story of pressured and stressed children where grades would further fuel their misery is comfortably dismissed by the fact that today's children have very much spare time and some of that spare time could easily be spent on studies without breaking the children.

To conclude this it would be appropriate to state that children would benefit from receiving grades in Primary School, as it would encourage future efforts and academic achievements. This reform would help profile Sweden as a pushing country in the European Union, which matters as the European Union is becoming more and more important in the long run.