"Grade Inflation Gone Wild"

In the article "Grade Inflation Gone Wild" author Stuart Rojstaczer claims that in today's generation students have been studying less and less and dedicating more of their time to drinking. The author argues that grade inflation has become a huge issue and students tend to walk into class knowing they can receive a B+ with minimal effort so therefore they stop trying. I disagree with Rojstaczer and do not find his argument to be very convincing. As a first-hand example, I spend hours in our school library every single night and put much hard work and effort into my grades. I do not find that my classes are easy to obtain good grades, but instead, many of them require sufficient studying just to get a decent grade in the course. I do not believe that Rojstaczer uses good statistics to back up his argument and he flat out claims that students are not trying in school anymore, which is not something that he can fully assume. Furthermore, he states that grade inflation is something that can be fixed, and has been fixed at a few universities, yet he does not mention how it can be fixed. Overall, in opposition to the author's claim, I think it is a good thing that students are receiving higher grades and it cannot be assumed that those grades were not worked for.