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Originally Posted by Little32
Grade inflation is real and it doesn't start in college. Also there is pressure at private institutions to give certain grades, whether the pressure comes in the subtle form of making sure your grade distribution aligns with that of your colleagues or the overt form of being told to change your grades because they are too low (both from personal experience).
Of course, the students love it. Either they don't recognize or they don't care that it does this does them the greatest disservice, because they are the ones that ultimately do not have the knowledge that their grades indicate that they should possess.
When I was in college, I always appreciated most those professors that made me feel like I was working and pushing myself to new heights to earn the grades I received--whatever those grades ended up being. There was no satisfaction for me in getting an A that I didn't feel like I earned.
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That's why I always appreciated my science coarses more than my humanities coarses.
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