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The signs of educational decline are now impossible to ignore

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Last spring, I attended the college graduation ceremony for my niece.

At the start, they asked the "latin honors" graduates to stand --- and I was stunned when over half the class stood up.

When I graduated (a lifetime ago), maybe the top 15-20 percent received honors.

China is going to kick our ass.

New Zealand too . . .

  'A's will soon be most common university grade

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/579974/grade-inflation-t...

It stopped being about merit and education a long time ago. It's now about victimhood and minority status. The same people pushing for these things in our universities are shocked that companies want to use H1B talent, because they can't find anyone in the US with the skills.

I spent decades working along side H1B imports. A big part of my job was translator.

Trust me, they're not better, they're just cheaper.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/21/millions-of-student...

I managed to come up with 2 possible explanations for the higher honors rate:

1. student level rose 2. examination level lowered

Which one is it?

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45979637

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