Who Is Fooling Who

I remember when not everyone in college passed. I remember when there were fewer really good
grades than the other kind. I remember a time when you had to really push hard in college to make excellent grades and the accomplishments were really special, because there were fewer making A's than the other letter-grades that, by design, represented a lower level of accomplishment.

Today it just ain't so. A study conducted by professors, Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy, revealed that in 1960 the most common grade in college given nationwide was a C. In fact D's and F's accounted for more grades combined than A's which were given at a rate of 15%. Today the largest percentage of grades, across a wide range of schools, are A's, The reality is not real. 73% of all college grades are either A or B (43% are A's). Are we to assume that the students of today are really that much smarter than those of days past? Should we surmise that the college students of today are really buckling down, not wed to their smart phones and taking no academic prisoners? I don't think so.

What this says about higher learning on a massive scale is that these students are living in a bubble that someone designed. Who knows what the intention is but it will be painfully obvious what the results are once the veil of academia is lifted and the application of the knowledge acquired is necessary to thrive or just survive.

Once these coddled young adults get in the business world, a rude awakening likely awaits. Because these students were excelling in their previous protected environment according to the grades they were given, and watched in admiration and awe as the grass grew greener right under their studious feet, the new reality may be hard to accept. They will find that the business world is a bit more demanding. Out here if you don't really produce you really fail and nothing is going to stop that from happening except the focused efforts that produce at the required levels of expectations.

To they who are making really good grades because you earned them, stay the course because the disciplined behavioral foundations you are utilizing to make the grade now, will pay off later in your professional endeavors. There are many schools to choose from that do grade students well and fairly and they produce the type of prepared individual that will be in a position to make positive contributions.