California high school students are scoring more straight A’s than ever – but it’s not necessarily because they’re getting smarter, according to data and education experts.
The number of college applicants reporting flawless GPAs of 4.0 or higher has doubled over the past decade even as state testing shows a post-pandemic plunge in reading and math comprehension - revealing a grade-inflation crisis that’s sending students who can’t even do fractions into top universities.
Over the past decade, the number of students applying to the University of California system with straight A’s skyrocketed from 52,989 in 2015 to 103,138 for the class of 2025, with a notable jump during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2022, according to UC data reviewed by The Post.
It's what happens when schools try so hard to level the playing fiels for everone. They always pander to the weakest, lowering standards punishing the high acheivers. Helluva way to educate our kids, huh? They better learn to sub tract, at the ver least, 'cause that's what they'll be doing to their wallets when the student loan bills come due...
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Have you ever tried one of these?
Use that water for your coffee or tea or whatever you need boiling water for.
Juss' sayin' - I like it. Click on the picture and get one for yourself.
This one is under$ 24.00, but the one Barb bought last year cost over $ 40.00,
and they both do the same exact thing.
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