“If you get a C or lower, I’ll buy you a present”

Re:“If you get a C or lower, I’ll buy you a present” by woodpanel on Monday October 17, 2016 @05:49PM (#12730106)

I wonder how much of that "grade performance inflation" isn't due to changed externals but just due to the ever built-in ways of inter-generational parenting-evolution:

It doesn't matter that you are the only sibling graduating, what matters more is that once you've gone PHD you'll (openly/subconciously) put your expectations on display for your kids to see.

As a college-grad, how likely would you tolerate ("welcome"), your kids leaving education with a high school diploma?

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Re:“If you get a C or lower, I’ll buy you a present” by eanzenberg on Monday October 17, 2016 @07:37PM (#12730816)

As a phd, I'd be perfectly fine with my kid(s) finishing with a HS diploma. Why? Well 1st, it would be a lot cheaper for us! 2nd, I wouldn't at all be worried as long as the internal drive is there to further their own education.

A lot of people have the idea that once formal education stops the need to learn ceases. In fact, the need to learn should never cease because progress can always be found. What changes is that once formal education stops, learning becomes self-driven. So whether a person has a HS diploma or a phd is irrelevant if their internal drive to progress has stopped.

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