Re: motivate HS sophomore

Kevin Karplus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Colleges are probably worse than high schools at grade
> inflation---particularly in the humanities.  There are a lot of young
> professors who seem to believe that the grading standard is
> "A=average, B=bad, C=catastrophic", and who fear failing students.

In my experience, this seems to be especially true in graduate courses. I 
was a bit anxious when I started graduate school since a 3.0 was required 
for graduation. I quickly learned that As and Bs were awarded for showing 
up and Cs were the graduate school equivalent of an F (except you still 
get credit for the course). FWIW, I've taken graduate courses in 
education, business, and computer programming at two different 
schools - one state school and one private school. The first day of the 
education class the professor guaranteed everyone in the class would 
receive an A or B. My undergraduate degree was MUCH more work than my 
graduate degree has been.

Manda