Why shoot us down with bad grades? You want to see us succeed, right? In the article “What our education system needs is more F’s,” by Carl Singleton, he argues why he feels that students should receive more F’s instead of passing grades. He gives a great argument about his position, and he points out things such as, why teachers don’t give F’s to students and How that is affecting kids from elementary school to post-graduates. Although some may feel the education system may need more F’s, the grades that replace the F’s are more important to the students’ confidence and self-esteem as a person outside of school.
Carl Singleton makes a great argument, and quickly establishes a position getting started. In the beginning of the writing he states,