Would you mind rating my blog? I really want some feedback, except for the stats I receive from Blogger I have no idea who reads my blog, other than my own family.
So this is the new rating system practised in India. I thought I would just use the same.
Rate the blog between 1 and 7 if it is Poor
Rate the blog between 8 and 9 if its Good
Rate the blog 10 if you love it or it is Excellent
I have been answering several customer satisfaction surveys in the last three or four years. Car companies, home appliance manufacturers, phone companies. Customers are expected to use only these words to express their opinion about the service level, it is either good or bad or excellent. What happened to 'Average' or 'Must Improve'?
When I answer these surveys, the thing that comes to my mind is education, grades and the performance of students which are graded similarly. Every intelligent teenager who is completing school is expected to get above 90% but it is only the lucky ones who get 98.99% and get into the best colleges. What happened to being happy with anything above 90%? Cut off for medical or engineering college seats is always in the 98th or 99th percentile.
Coming closer to home, I am very impressed that my daughter gets an A+ in her tests. But guess what, there are children who come home crying because they failed to get 25 on 25 in their tests. Even the grading system has not eliminated the pride and prestige of a 25/25 or 100/100. Children who study well in class constantly aim for getting full marks, irrespective of the subject, and are very disappointed if they get anything less than that. What happens to the majority of the children who can be called the average performers, do they get any attention in class I wonder? It is a replication of the grading system that I used above. There are only three categories for appraising performance in tests, these days.
This obsession with perfection in scores or awards or titles continues in people as they become adults. They forget that there is something called 'average' or 'can do better' and feel very bitter if they don't get what they want. I hope we don't use such rating systems in real life. I was kidding when I said please rate my blog. I really don't care. I am doing this for myself and a little for others. I haven't received any comments on my blog this year and that does not make any difference to me. Saying this, I think I will rate my blog a 5/10 with a lot of scope for improvement.
So this is the new rating system practised in India. I thought I would just use the same.
Rate the blog between 1 and 7 if it is Poor
Rate the blog between 8 and 9 if its Good
Rate the blog 10 if you love it or it is Excellent
I have been answering several customer satisfaction surveys in the last three or four years. Car companies, home appliance manufacturers, phone companies. Customers are expected to use only these words to express their opinion about the service level, it is either good or bad or excellent. What happened to 'Average' or 'Must Improve'?
When I answer these surveys, the thing that comes to my mind is education, grades and the performance of students which are graded similarly. Every intelligent teenager who is completing school is expected to get above 90% but it is only the lucky ones who get 98.99% and get into the best colleges. What happened to being happy with anything above 90%? Cut off for medical or engineering college seats is always in the 98th or 99th percentile.
Coming closer to home, I am very impressed that my daughter gets an A+ in her tests. But guess what, there are children who come home crying because they failed to get 25 on 25 in their tests. Even the grading system has not eliminated the pride and prestige of a 25/25 or 100/100. Children who study well in class constantly aim for getting full marks, irrespective of the subject, and are very disappointed if they get anything less than that. What happens to the majority of the children who can be called the average performers, do they get any attention in class I wonder? It is a replication of the grading system that I used above. There are only three categories for appraising performance in tests, these days.
This obsession with perfection in scores or awards or titles continues in people as they become adults. They forget that there is something called 'average' or 'can do better' and feel very bitter if they don't get what they want. I hope we don't use such rating systems in real life. I was kidding when I said please rate my blog. I really don't care. I am doing this for myself and a little for others. I haven't received any comments on my blog this year and that does not make any difference to me. Saying this, I think I will rate my blog a 5/10 with a lot of scope for improvement.
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