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This will increase the difference between the haves and the have-nots. Students with parents who care about education will make sure they do good work. These st

This will increase the difference between the haves and the have-nots. Students with parents who care about education will make sure they do good work. These students will be more likely to develop good study habits that they will need later in life. Students whose parents don't care will make use of the lenient system and will not learn good study habits. When they get to a school or university that doesn't do soft grading, they will be in for a rude awakening.

lenkite 3y ago
The "equitable grading" will eventually propagate to all schools and universities too. It's just a matter of time. Might propagate to jobs as well in the future.
uejfiweun 3y ago
The upper middle class is starting to get a bit too powerful with all these fancy tech salaries. Let’s force them all to pay for expensive tutoring or private school, to put that scum back in it’s place. - The rich media execs that push this idiotic bullshit
- lacy_tinpot 3y ago
  The funny thing the tech industry was at some point at the forefront of educational reform, and now when some kind of reform is taking place the general consensus has reverted to tests are good, SATs good, college good, etc. How creative and forward thinking.
  - jonfw 3y ago
    The discourse is more like "accountability is good, structure good, deadlines good"
berdon 3y ago
While I agree with your sentiments, the rude awakening won't occur in college/university as these institutes are also softening their grading and programs. The rude awakening will occur in life when they realize what they missed.
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  Yes in fact this soft grading trend started in the universities at least based on what I've observed. The last thing a modern university wants is for students to flunk out and lose that tuition revenue. They bend over backwards to keep them in school.
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    Maybe on the online degree, or puffed of MBA level, but I saw more than a few undergrads flunk out in the past couple of years. I live near a big Uni in Canada, and have previously lived near large state schools in the US, and I can't see this softening. Maybe in the gen-ed soft science stuff like English or History, but math is math; you either get an answer or you don't. Ditto for many engineering / STEM fields -- the code compiles and runs, or doesn't; nothing to soften.
- UberFly 3y ago
  I wish there would be a rude awakening, but for so many they will just attribute their failings to everything but themselves and there will be many who enable them.
  - npteljes 3y ago
    I think the same. Not knowing things will just lead to confusion, and confused and frustrated people are easier to manipulate. An awakening would do good in this situation, but the more disconnected they are, the less likely it would happen.

lenkite 3y ago

The "equitable grading" will eventually propagate to all schools and universities too. It's just a matter of time. Might propagate to jobs as well in the future.

uejfiweun 3y ago

The upper middle class is starting to get a bit too powerful with all these fancy tech salaries. Let’s force them all to pay for expensive tutoring or private school, to put that scum back in it’s place. - The rich media execs that push this idiotic bullshit

lacy_tinpot 3y ago
The funny thing the tech industry was at some point at the forefront of educational reform, and now when some kind of reform is taking place the general consensus has reverted to tests are good, SATs good, college good, etc. How creative and forward thinking.
- jonfw 3y ago
  The discourse is more like "accountability is good, structure good, deadlines good"

berdon 3y ago

While I agree with your sentiments, the rude awakening won't occur in college/university as these institutes are also softening their grading and programs. The rude awakening will occur in life when they realize what they missed.

SoftTalker 3y ago
Yes in fact this soft grading trend started in the universities at least based on what I've observed. The last thing a modern university wants is for students to flunk out and lose that tuition revenue. They bend over backwards to keep them in school.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  Maybe on the online degree, or puffed of MBA level, but I saw more than a few undergrads flunk out in the past couple of years. I live near a big Uni in Canada, and have previously lived near large state schools in the US, and I can't see this softening. Maybe in the gen-ed soft science stuff like English or History, but math is math; you either get an answer or you don't. Ditto for many engineering / STEM fields -- the code compiles and runs, or doesn't; nothing to soften.
UberFly 3y ago
I wish there would be a rude awakening, but for so many they will just attribute their failings to everything but themselves and there will be many who enable them.
- npteljes 3y ago
  I think the same. Not knowing things will just lead to confusion, and confused and frustrated people are easier to manipulate. An awakening would do good in this situation, but the more disconnected they are, the less likely it would happen.