I Hate A's

Based on all of my scholarly experiences in school, I would say that what needs to be changed the most is grades. I hate them. I hate the stress there is to get A's, and when you think about it the entire "grading system" is really just this huge abstract concept that we are now so dependent on that they have come to define school, our success in it, and our level of competence. So let's just get rid of them! Now before I go further I realize how implausible this is for widespread use, but it is, in my opinion, the best way to fix the system. First off, we'd need something to replace grades and I'd say that real world experience is as good as any. In order to do this though we would need to get a lot more teachers, create tiny classes with a maximum of 15-20 people in them, and learn through the teacher's method of choice (I personally prefer the Socratic method or the "Here's a problem fix it with no help, and then when you fail I'll tell you how you should have done it" method) and then be tested on our ability to go out and apply everything we've learned in a unit in a unique project that we create on our own to demonstrate a concept. For instance, if in English the unit's on persuasive methods have us persuade a stranger to do community service or in Physics demonstrate all aspects of momentum through creating a perfectly inelasic collision. Then the teacher keeps notes on each student's performance, effort, and capability and decides which tier class (Top, middle, or bottom) to place the student in.