Does grades encourage students to learn? Marks is a very important thing for all the students, no matter the students in high school or university But, I not think grades(marks)encourage students to learn The reasons are as below Some of teachers believe that grades encourage students to learn or spend more time on study, but I not think that is a good idea When I was in China, my teacher making our marks in order from the highest to the lowest and published in the classroom to show all the students and parents However, it seams no one learn more or spend more time force on some subjects than before On another hand, it makes students feel sad when they get bad mark and sometime the students will not like study anymore because the low mark Besides that, in my opinion, learning is a personal thing When the students interest in some special area, they will pay more attention on that If the students not like it, they will lose their interest and get bad mark For example, when I was in high school in China, I hated chemistry very much I had never care about my mark in chemistry Even I get very low mark in chemistry, I never thought I should more practice in chemistry or pay more attention in chemistry class The reason is I not like, so I not care about it In addition, marks just a thing to check how is study going in the past Students just can learn what they did not learn very well in the past few months The past things are all gone Why the students still worry about it? There is no reason for that, so there is no reason for marks can encourage students to learn In conclusion, grades or marks could not encourage students to learn