A world where grades will be left behind.
Sebastian Thurn is a Google vice president and stanford research professor. He is known for building Google's driverless car. Learning will be free and available to anyone who wants it in Thurns version of education. According to Thurn, 30 years from now instruction will be free, but exams and certification will cost. Classes will use more challenging exercises and quizzes to help students master a particular concept or skill. Classrooms will not consist of "one size fits all". A single class might consist of hundreds if not thousands of students. Last but not least, grades will not exist. Students will take as much time as they need, to demonstrate mastery of a skill. Thurn says his vision of the future offers a "message of hope, of aspiration- not destruction.
After, readingA world where grades will be left behind, there were some points I agreed with and some I disagreed with. The good points include education is free and there will not be any grades. The bad points include having hundreds of people in one class. This will not benefit all students. Some students comprehend better in smaller settings. There's a down side to not having grades, you will not know where you stand or what progress is being made in class, and you might assume you are doing good, but the teacher thinks otherwise.
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