Passage Two Although our educational system and our society generally place a high value on competition, some problems can be better solvedthrough cooperation and some forms of learning are strengthened through cooperation Both competition and cooperation have a place in society andcan serve a useful purpose Consequently, it is necessary to be able to engage in both processes depending on the circumstances and one’s goals In theacademic environment grades are often conceived as the major criterion (标准) for the assessment of learning We tend to assume that the higherone’s grade average, the more one has learned, thus creating greater competition for grades This competition can be particularly intense in fields wherethe financial rewards are great and opportunity is limited: law, engineering, medicine, and business However the measure of one’s learning is not limitedto grades It is possible to learn a great deal about a subject and receive a low grade or even no grade in the evaluation No grade can be used to definewhat we learn about ourselves when we from sharing what we know with others And no one can give us a grade for how we feel about ourselves andabout our relationships with others 36 The first paragraph mainly tells us that in learning _______