What they crank out today suffers from grade inflation. No longer is 'C' the average grade. Kids and parents who pay over 100k for their diploma all demand above average grades. It's not as bad as presenting a diploma from a Caribbean diploma mill, but they're not what they used to be.

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collinmcnulty an hour ago | parent [-]

Agreed completely on this. I almost wonder if it’d be more palatable to add a grade above A, like a Japanese style “S”.

	▲	drnick1 20 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That already exists, it's called an A+.
	▲	Mountain_Skies 15 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		American high schools are already doing a form of this, with certain classes earning more than a 4.0 score in GPA calculations. 5.0 is quite common now, with 6.0 and even 7.0 scores on individual classes being possible.