Sure - but at least this is on a paper-by-paper basis, so your final mark is at least based on something tangible that you can refer back to. It also means you

Sure - but at least this is on a paper-by-paper basis, so your final mark is at least based on something tangible that you can refer back to. It also means you can instant feedback on how you're doing. Here, we're talking about providing an arbitrary grade at the end. The student has no recourse to argue the grade. The student may even have been blindsided.