With a

look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

According to English teacher Tim Donahue, academic inflation is Israel's economic

inflation. The 1960s, about 15% of grades given at colleges were in A.

In 2017, it was nearly 50%.

And meanwhile, SAT scores fell by 20 points and by 2023, ACT scores reached the worst

in three decades.

This, Donna Hughes says, could explain why, quote,

65% of Americans feel they're smarter than average. The purpose of grades is to provide feedback.

It's a way humans learn and grow. But in a world in which it is assumed that truth is found within, the purpose of grades becomes reduced down to just affirmation for doing work, not measuring what's been learned.

According to Donahue, if everyone gets an A, then no one gets an A.

So teachers should consider giving a B-plus,

but that won't do any good unless students are taught first

that truth exists outside of themselves,

that it can be found,

and that it should be pursued over and above

affirmation and self-expression.

I'm John Stone Street.