What’s the Point of a Professor?

[greatlaurel]

15. The bell curve grading system iis a seriously flawed system that needs to be stopped.

Grade inflation became an issue in some quarters about the time colleges and universities started letting in more minorities and women started taking "nontraditional" majors. The real issue here is a "concern" that letting in "those" people reduced the quality of education. It has been a clever right wing ploy to play to racist and sexist feelings about women and minorities and at the same time degrade the value of an education, in general.

Has anyone pointed out that the children of the rich and powerful have always been given grades and degrees, some examples include the Koch brothers and the Bush children?

Grade inflation is a red herring.

Complaining about young people is certainly not new.

Socrates said: “The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”