Ralph Waldo Emerson's Grade Level System

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." Students are encouraged everyday in school to aquire more knowledge and build on what they learned in the past. Also, athletes are expected to continue growing each day by going beyond what they learned previously. Emerson's words are seen as true through life, especially in school and athletics. Each day, a student, between the ages of five and eighteen, is expected to attended school, but what would the point be if they did not go beyond what they already know? The grade level system is a way to measure how far along spmeone is in school; with each grade, a student is to build on what they learned in the