Answer to Question #156410 in Microeconomics for Hamna

Question

Occasionally students accused there instructor rightly or wrongly of practicing great discrimination a students claim that instructed charges some student higher price for given grade than he or she charge other students unless price discrimination great discrimination charge no money discuss similarities and difference between two types of discrimination which do u prefer less or unlike more ? Why?

Answer 1

Solution:

Price discrimination is a pricing strategy where similar or identical goods or services are charged at different prices by the same seller in separate markets. Grade discrimination involves giving other students better grades than others in the same examination.

Price discrimination and grade discrimination are similar in that they are both unfair to one party and are unlawful. Both discriminations favor one party over another leading to imbalances and inconsistencies in goods and service delivery.

Price discrimination exists within a particular market in the goods and service delivery, while grade discrimination exists within a school environment during tests and examinations. The goal of price discrimination is for the seller to make as much profit as possible, while grade discrimination is being unfair to other students because of their characteristics which are less superior to others.

The type of discrimination that I dislike more is grade discrimination. This is because grade discrimination is practiced based on individual characteristics such as race, religion, gender, and ethnicity. This is very unfair to these types of students who experience this kind of discrimination, which can affect them psychologically. It can provoke stress and post-traumatic disorder to these students discriminated against. Students who experience grade discrimination are more likely to have negative attitudes about their school and lower academic motivation and performance. These students are also at an increased risk of dropping out of school due to grade discrimination.