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Grade Inflation: Doesn't Anybody Get a C Anymore?

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Source: Boston Globe


THE STUDENT DESERVED A B-MINUS. MAYBE EVEN A C-PLUS, I HAD decided. One paper was especially weak; another was late. But then I began to rationalize. The student had been generally prepared and contributed to class discussion, so I relented and gave what


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