>i keep tying to convince my students that grades don't
>matter. meeting goals matters a ton, and learning matters a
>lot, but our grades are shitty ways of measuring that.

Fucking... precisely. I'm not some fluffy hippie about grades. I just don't think the way they're shaped offer a useful view of students' command of the material or progress.

So yeah, keep telling them that. Maybe it'll catch on.