College students are receiving high A’s in which they don’t deserve to get at all. He also states that students are threatening to complain if they do not turn C's to A's. Brent Staples writes in that one way to stanch grade inflation is to change the way the grade point average is calculated because if not the more challenging courses wouldn’t get the credit that they fully need to value then to those other courses that are less challenging. He further states that if that doesn’t happen diplomas will become worthless in the future for all. He supports the argument by saying students should be given a grade that they earned and the amount of effort they put into it getting that particular grade that they received, not just getting an A that they wouldn’t benefit or learn from. Brent staples show evidence that students are demanding and getting what they think of as their money’s worth. However, he’s angry at the fact parents and students may find it rewarding to receive an easy A without doing anything which isn't the proper way to receive an education because you basically don’t learn anything. If professors keep making it easy for students to receive an easy A, education wouldn’t matter at all, and diplomas would become much weaker and valueless as the years go by. However, I disagree with why colleges shower their students with A’s because in my college it isn’t easy to get an A, you actually have to work very hard and show lots of effort to receive an
College students are receiving high A’s in which they don’t deserve to get at all. He also states that students are threatening to complain if they do not turn C's to A's. Brent Staples writes in that one way to stanch grade inflation is to change the way the grade point average is calculated because if not the more challenging courses wouldn’t get the credit that they fully need to value then to those other courses that are less challenging. He further states that if that doesn’t happen diplomas will become worthless in the future for all. He supports the argument by saying students should be given a grade that they earned and the amount of effort they put into it getting that particular grade that they received, not just getting an A that they wouldn’t benefit or learn from. Brent staples show evidence that students are demanding and getting what they think of as their money’s worth. However, he’s angry at the fact parents and students may find it rewarding to receive an easy A without doing anything which isn't the proper way to receive an education because you basically don’t learn anything. If professors keep making it easy for students to receive an easy A, education wouldn’t matter at all, and diplomas would become much weaker and valueless as the years go by. However, I disagree with why colleges shower their students with A’s because in my college it isn’t easy to get an A, you actually have to work very hard and show lots of effort to receive an