Grades – The Southerner

Weighted grades would encourage students to seek greater challenge

November 30, 2018

Point: Easy As are a product of a flawed system

May 28, 2013

Filed under Opinion

Everyone wants that easy A. Including, if not especially, me. It’s gotten to the point that while juggling sports, clubs, volunteering, work, family, and school, students tend to let school drop. But as my motivation and my...

Counterpoint: Rebelling against easy As is pointless and absurd

Ryan Wiskerchen, Staff Writer

May 28, 2013

Filed under Opinion

There are those who are very bitter about the frequent education trend of grade inflation, believing that it diminishes the value of their own hard work. While it is true that the A is not the elusive creature it once was, a voca...