And often that grading system can lead to a lot of perfectionism and a lot of anxiety, especially when leaderboards and rankings and stuff are involved.

通常这种评分系统会导致很多完美主义和焦虑，尤其是涉及排行榜和排名之类的东西时。

A grade system provides a straightforward standard by which to measure how your child is progressing at school--and how he or she is getting on compared to other children.

成绩系统提供了一个简单的标准，可以用来衡量您的孩子在学校的进步情况以及他或她与其他孩子相比的表现如何。

No matter where you sit in the debate over the grade system, then, the real question is this: if it's so good for kids, why isn't that also true for adults?

无论你在关于等级制度的争论中站在哪一边，真正的问题是：如果它对孩子们如此有利，为什么对成年人却不能如此呢？