Reply #10: well everybody's got a college degree now

[pitohui]

it stands to reason that when everybody has a degree, it is no longer anything special that makes a young woman stand out in the crowd

plus, in the old days, people were in college on grants, scholarships, etc. -- these days (thanks to ronald reagan) people go to college on loans -- if you're paying for your education, you get this entitlement attitude and it leads to grade inflation because everyone expects an a or a b because THEY"RE PURCHASING A SERVICE instead of pursuing an education

when people were in college on a grant, they knew damn well they weren't "entitled" to anything, they weren't "buying" anything, they had to work for it -- completely different outlook

not to say your daughter has this attitude, but enough brats do -- kids are even allowed to put teacher evaluations now, where the person who is giving them the grade gets graded back...so yeah, grades will be inflated, and college degrees (except from a few ivies) are going to be worthless because what does it really take to just borrow money and show up?

education has become a scam, buy something expensive that has become worthless precisely BECAUSE it's expensive-- when you're paying thousands a semester for a course, that prof had better be able to fucking document very goddamn well why you're not getting the "a"