Everybody in College Gets Good Grades Now
Hamilton Nolan — In my day, college grades were evenly distributed on a “curve,” which was determined by…well who knows, we were all so blunted back then. The point is, you can now safely accuse kids these days of getting everything for free.
A new study of 200 four-year colleges found the following distribution of grades:
- A: 43%
- B: 34%
- C: 15%
- D and F: a paltry, piddling sum
Nearly 80% of all grades are A’s or B’s. Sure. How will our college graduates be prepared for “the real world,” if they’re not prepared for utter failure? from Gawker.com