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6 Grading students Since subjects are cut down to modules with such specified titles, it is no longer necessary to grade students on a scale, the only grade relevant will be a 'pass'. Even 'fail' is redundant as a module that is not finished or 'passed' will simply be shown as 'open' in one's academic records. If given the grade 'fail' it would put a final touch to it which is wrong since no module should be finally failed, one should always have the chance to go back and retry to finish it. 'Open'-mode students will have a certain rank of priority when re-applying for a class in the particular module. To give grades a real meaning, they need to be maintained, too. In the States a similar view is applied on driving. Holders of a driving license need to do tests on a regular basis to make sure that they still have the physical criteria and knowledge it takes to be a safe traffic participant. My idea is that students regularly will receive exercises on all the modules they have passed (frequency and design of the exercise is module specific). That is easily done by the computer network; academics can constantly design new exercises and send them to the websites of the modules concerned where after they can be downloaded by or forwarded to students that need to do them. The answers will also be submitted electronically. Some exercises might consist of boxes to tick and can be rectified electronically; where free text is required, an academic will evaluate the answer. If a student answers correctly, no further action is taken; if the answer is wrong, however, the correct answer will be sent to the student and track will be kept of which exercises are done wrongly. After a certain number of wrong submissions, the student will receive a warning and after another number of wrong submissions he will be asked to re-take the module or else the grade will be taken away from his certificate, being changed to 'open'. Even if this happens, the student should be able to 're-pass' the module quickly, re-earning his grade. 4 Following a child's growth 5 Organizing one's studies 7 Refreshing the system