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I had my share of last-minute cram session studying for exams when I was a student,

and I can honestly tell you some of them were wasted effort even when I made pretty good grades.

For classes I really cared about, the lessons mostly stuck. But when I was studying with

only the grade in mind, it seems like a lot of the valuable things I was learning just fell out

of my brain before I could make it back to my dorm room. From KERA in Dallas, this is think. I'm

Chris Boyd. One thing every student learns is that grades matter for their class rank, for their shot at high school or college or grad school acceptance. But caring about grades is not the same thing as caring about actually learning. In fact, there is evidence that too much focus on grade point averages risks motivating students

to get an A rather than motivating them to absorb the material. Daniel Pink is the author of

seven bestselling books. His article in the Washington Post is titled with a provocative question.

It's called Why Not Get Rid of Grades? Daniel, welcome back to think.

Thank you, Chris. Good to be here.

I remember reading years ago with shock that John F. Kennedy was largely a BC student at Harvard.

And I mean, regardless of anybody's politics, nobody doubts his work ethic or his intelligence.

Those grades were just not considered shockingly bad at Harvard back in the day?

I know. I mean, that was the era of what was known as the gentleman's seat.

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