This seems funny to me as well as the point of learning isn’t the actual learning, it’s the knowledge gained. That’s why we learn. Yes the journey is valuable

This seems funny to me as well as the point of learning isn’t the actual learning, it’s the knowledge gained. That’s why we learn. Yes the journey is valuable but the purpose of classes isn’t to measure learningness as a process, but to measure the knowledge and skills gained. If someone already knew material and learned nothing and got an A, it means they have knowledge of that topic and now there’s a little more signal of that knowledge. It doesn’t matter that they went from 90% knowledge to 95%. If someone got a C+ and went from 0-78% knowledge they learned much but still can’t demonstrate much knowledge. If we wanted a course on learning processes specifically, then create one. But thinking that the point of grades is measuring how much was learned seems so backwards. It’s good to recognize effort, but the point of effort is to achieve an outcome, not the outcome itself. “Prepend is so great, ve works so hard. Totally sucks and is stupid but works so hard.” Is silly if used for ability to do a particular thing, but useful in measuring grit and discipline or whatever.