What's wrong with getting a B?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>because it drags your GPA down (clearly)</p>

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<p>"Self-esteem building" administrators at the elementary school and middle school level put pressure on teachers to be nice to students and to give them B's and A's for pretty poor work. When students move up to the high school and start getting graded fairly, the parents whine and complain because their "A students" are now getting the B's they deserve. Tired and frustrated high school teachers then just give into parents because it's not worth the trouble.</p>

<p>I hate how everything has to be "fair" nowadays. Every child wins an MVP, Honor Roll isn't published, people can't bring in cupcakes for birthdays because poor students can't afford cupcakes... Honestly, it's ridiculous. If they actually gave people C's and D's in lower grades, then it wouldn't be so unthinkable and shameful to receive one, and people might be able to take a step back every now and then and realize that grades aren't everything. When everyone has gotten B's and A's since elementary school, even kids who clearly did not deserve them, it makes them all the more shameful, and people work themselves into the ground to prevent getting them. It's just plain unhealthy.</p>

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<p>I know a girl a few years ahead who got a B- spring term junior year in AP Bio and still got into Yale ED. She had otherwise good grades and was REALLY passionate about a few things.</p>

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<p>It's horrible. It's almost socialist the way they want everyone, regardless of ability, to be on the same level. Then the schools themselves boast about their great standardized test scores, when anyone with common sense could tell you that scores aren't everything.</p>

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<p>GRADE INFLATION!</p>

<p>C's aren't average, do any of you actually go to a school where the average GPA is 2.0? Getting a B would put me in the bottom half of 6 out of 7 of my classes. B is the new C and A- is the new B, because of grade inflation. </p>

<p>It makes everybody feel better about themselves, which is important in this country, where everyone feels self-entitled to success :(</p>