StephenM
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I'm not a member of a camera club; all the ones locally to me are heavily into competitions which I think are a bad idea. Hence I'm doubly disqualified from commenting in this thread. However...
I still fail to see how getting 1 out of 10 is equivalent to "loser, worst of the bunch" and getting 10 out of 20 when everyone knows that 10 is the lowest mark you can get says anything different to that - at least to a thinking person. The lowest possible mark is still the lowest possible mark, however much you dress it up.
I also can't see how just knowing a bare mark helps you to improve without comments from the judge on why it was given. And if comments are made, I can't see why a mark is required to stimulate improvement. Knowing why a low mark was given at least lets the entrant know the reasons, and gives the opportunity to consider that the reasons are invalid because the judge missed the point and therefore the mark can be ignored.
I still fail to see how getting 1 out of 10 is equivalent to "loser, worst of the bunch" and getting 10 out of 20 when everyone knows that 10 is the lowest mark you can get says anything different to that - at least to a thinking person. The lowest possible mark is still the lowest possible mark, however much you dress it up.
I also can't see how just knowing a bare mark helps you to improve without comments from the judge on why it was given. And if comments are made, I can't see why a mark is required to stimulate improvement. Knowing why a low mark was given at least lets the entrant know the reasons, and gives the opportunity to consider that the reasons are invalid because the judge missed the point and therefore the mark can be ignored.