<p>Carolyn,</p>
<p>That is a sad story. I find it quite odd what happened, what is wrong with a school playing at its level. In fact, athletics at a smaller school is more broadly based across the student body. The district would have been better off athletically with the smaller school.</p>
<p>I am a big believer in athletics but as a co-cirricular activity. It is one of the ways students can earn a scholarship to college.</p>
<p>In my school, there is usually only one person who finishes with a 4.0 UW in high school (valdectorian). There have been some years where they hasn’t be anyone who got straight As throughout high school (cousin’s year)</p>
<p>That’s crazy. We had 14 kids out of 400 in my graduating class get straight As, and that was a pretty strong year.</p>
<p>This is a thread is almost EIGHT YEARS OLD !!</p>
<p>(And it brought back memories: ah, curmudgeon and marite - among others - we miss you)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the American school system still remains mired by uncontrollable grade inflation and overemphasis on athletics… and why did someone necro a thread that was created when I was still in elementary school?</p>
<p>Four trimesters and seven years ago our CC elders brought forth, upon this continent, a new destination, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men should find the elusive perfect fit.</p>
<p>Well, with some liberties and lacking math skills to express 8 years ago.</p>
<p>And so, with all their warts, the SAT and ACT survive.</p>
<p>Precisely two students in S’s HS class had straight A averages. More had A- averages. But adding both together, nowhere NEAR 40%: actually, about 10%. No grade weighting at all.</p>
<p>Gross generalizations about HSs and school systems continue to be unwise.</p>
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<p>This.</p>
<p>Amazing that we are still using letter grades (A thru F still mysteriously excluding E) after all these years…</p>
<p>8 year old post and all. I think one to 2 kids/year graduate with a 4.0 from our high school. If you have 40% of your class with a 4.0 (on a 4.0 scale) your school is NOT challenging kids. If ALL of those 40% are NMF, ok, good school, but highly unlikely that is happening.</p>
<p>Unfortunately many colleges are guilty of grade inflation also.Just received a letter from the dean at Wellesley reminding us that the goal is a 3.3 in a class of 10 in an effort to battle inflation.A shock to those that were not paying attention when applying.</p>