Does it matter?

Or, is it a fallout of our educational system that we need to get a mark for everything?  After all, if you went to school, you lived for the almighty mark.  It was the test (sic) that determined whether you got to progress from one grade to another. At university, it was what determined whether you received a credit in a particular course.  In the big stream of things, at a graded school, you had to move through the grades.  At a university, often a course was a prerequisitie for another.

So, I suppose that it comes as no surprise that you can evaluate yourself on your worth or value on social networks.  These are all over the place.  Here are a couple for Twitter; you might want to evaluate yourself to see how well you fair.

TwitterScore will return a mark between 1-10.

Twittergrader does the same thing, but on a scaled of 1-100.

So, if we’re into assessment and evaluation, why aren’t the scores the same?  Unlike a traditional school, the transparency of this classroom lets you evaluate not only yourself, but friends and others.  Go ahead; try me.  You’ll also be able to find the elitest or highest ranked users or users from any particular location.

I’m thinking of the statements that I give during a typical A&E assessment.  How can you hit the target unless it’s clearly defined?  What is the goal of being on Twitter? What is the test? How can I improve? Does it matter?

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