<p>Interesting Op-ed piece that really disturbed me. I tend to agree with Dr. Skube on a lot of the points that he makes. A lot of students are graduating high school with inflated gpas that don't exactly reflect their intellectual abilities. Seeing college students lack the ability to read or write at a proficient level has to drive an English professor up the wall.</p>
<p>One of my friends, an English professor, has retired because she could not stand the ignorance of her students anymore. Now she teaches English as a second language and finds it more rewarding, since she does not expect much.</p>
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In my experience, a high SAT score is far more reliable than a high GPA -- more indicative of quickness and acuity, and more reflective of familiarity with language and ideas. College admissions specialists are of a different view and are apt to label the student with high SAT scores but mediocre grades unmotivated, even lazy.</p>
<p>I'll take that student any day. I've known such students. They may have been bored in high school but they read widely and without prodding from a parent. And they could have nominated a few favorite writers besides Dan Brown
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High SAT / low GPA high school student, considered lazy and unmotivated?</p>
<p>Boy has he got me pegged.</p>
<p>haha, my friend has a 2380 SAT, and he has straight Bs in all his classes..this in a school that fully endorses grade inflation :D.</p>
<p>I have to agree</p>
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The author of "The DaVinci Code" was not just the best writer they could think of; he was the only writer they could think of.
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