Are grades important
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
After 2 votes and with the same amount of points on both sides...
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Neither side define 'important'.
Con defended the idea that grades being jigbest are often attaiend by wasting time in childhood studying that could be spent having fun.
Now how he justifies it being wasted is that even the job being high hours and high paying ends up backfiring in less free time later in life.
Pro's case states priorities but doesnt prove they are important.
Pro Won because:
Pro consistently explained how grades impact real-world success (jobs, degrees, opportunities).
Gave a practical "safety net" view—it's better to have good grades in case other plans fail.
Addressed work-life balance, saying you can enjoy childhood and study. This showed maturity and nuance.
Every reply brought it back to why grades matter, no distractions or irrelevant rants.
Acknowledged that most people don’t enjoy work either, but grades make future work more tolerable or better.
Why Con Lost:
Arguments like “I wouldn’t ever want to study” and “nothing I learned in school helped me” were just opinions, not universal or evidence-based.
Didn’t strongly refute Pro’s key point: that grades open opportunities. Just said "there are better things" or "studying is boring."
No clear alternatives or solutions were presented (like “self-education” or “skills over grades, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health & Burnout, Portfolio-Based Assessment, Holistic Evaluations”).
Leaned on personal standpoint instead of analyzing the broader system or giving smart counterexamples.
Grades are important. It tells us how much we need improvement or have already improved in a particular subject. However, what you argue is that grades aren't important because you hate studying. That just means you just hate the way of teaching in school which I hate too. An interactive school where we are actually taught lessons which we will need in life would be much better.