Let The Dumbing Down Of Tennessee Begin (by Jay Period)

Jay Period has written an execllent piece at tenncva.com. Here is an excerpt:

The Tennessee legislature is actively working to reduce the grade point average, GPA, needed for lottery scholarship students to keep their free money.  Currently, the required GPA is 3.0.  That’s a middle B.  To get a 3.0, someone needs to show initiative and desire.  A little hard work and study, and that GPA is attainable.

Yet, our leaders don’t feel that students should study quite that hard.  They are working to reduce that requirement to 2.75, which would be a high C.  This is due to the fact that a large number of students are not able to maintain their scholarship.

Read the entire post at:

http://tenncva.com/2008/03/27/let-the-dumbing-down-of-tennessee-begin/