> At the end of the semester, I do have to give students grades, as required by the university. > But I do not grade individual assignments. Instead, I give st

> At the end of the semester, I do have to give students grades, as required by the university. > But I do not grade individual assignments. Instead, I give students extensive feedback and ample opportunity to revise. I see here both tracking progress and providing a clear report on the end result of a task. This teacher seems to meet both your requirements, and probably doesn't deserve the disdain of someone that seems to hold the opinion that mindless grade chasing is the way to actually learn things. More so, there's no indication that the answer "I am here just to get the credits and get some reading done" is unacceptable to the question of "why are you here?".