> It all depends on how it is implemented. After all, you could take regular grades and assign points to each grade -- and the two systems would be equivalent.

> It all depends on how it is implemented. After all, you could take regular grades and assign points to each grade -- and the two systems would be equivalent. This is absolutely true. That is why people always claim you only get out what you put into schooling. You have to do more than just make the grade. This article makes it sound like he really wants to ramp things up, though. And I believe he's approaching it the wrong way.