tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4347414419495778630..comments2024-03-18T21:26:34.716-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): A graphic depiction of "grade inflation"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15442250165685064722011-07-24T05:16:24.851-05:002011-07-24T05:16:24.851-05:00I had a sociology professor back in the 90s who st...I had a sociology professor back in the 90s who stuck by bell curves in his grading. It also didn't help that his class was a complete waste of time. Out of 200+ credit hours, his class was the biggest waste of money yet.<br /><br />On to today, I took some classes at a Wisconsin tech college last winter, and have to agree with the grade inflation over the decades. I'd give my teachers an average C-minus grade, but any students who bothered to show up and do their work got a solid 4.0. Grading was done on work performance, and if you could simply manage to distract yourself from the teacher complaining about the governor long enough to do the required assignments, you were guaranteed an A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-48854719893017111892011-07-22T07:04:13.537-05:002011-07-22T07:04:13.537-05:00I think this grade inflation must be partly caused...I think this grade inflation must be partly caused by the drastically higher cost of higher education. Nobody can fool around with their classes if they're spending tens of thousands of dollars on them. <br /><br />The increasing prevalence of obtaining a college degree could also motivate students to get higher grades in order to have a fighting chance of actually getting a job once they graduate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-48518405791140722692011-07-21T07:22:08.785-05:002011-07-21T07:22:08.785-05:00Nice post , I think that you deserve an ANice post , I think that you deserve an Agbradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786652600757982286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47485077991565421812011-07-21T06:25:09.070-05:002011-07-21T06:25:09.070-05:00Makes me wonder what my GPA would have looked like...Makes me wonder what my GPA would have looked like if I took a few years off to "find myself"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21812900170911340662011-07-21T00:36:40.649-05:002011-07-21T00:36:40.649-05:00Hmmm wonder if there is any correlation between th...Hmmm wonder if there is any correlation between this and when employers starting asking for transcripts and GPAs on applications. As if high grades and honors directly correlated to knowledge~DokterKennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08460323110926747328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-80470975725665678382011-07-20T13:48:26.199-05:002011-07-20T13:48:26.199-05:00I had a English professor in college who tried to ...I had a English professor in college who tried to single-handedly fix this grade inflation problem...<br /><br />And he outrightly said so. So the class got mostly D's and maybe a quarter made it to C's.<br /><br />Not sure how he thought he was going to help.DubyaDnoreply@blogger.com