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Researching and Analyzing Data on Grade Inflation Since I have started college a year ago I have come to realize that grades do reflect a student’s abilities to complete any assignments and make good grades. Achieving your goals and being a hard worker pays off end in the end. Some students need that one on one with a teacher but then again some students like to have a class with a lot of people. From my perspective as a current college sophomore I like to be interactive with the teacher and students. Most students can’t learn by visual some students need to interactive with everyone. I believe that the grades reflect students’ achievement because some kids just like show off in class and not do their work. Some students play around and are smart as a whip. Students don’t realize when they come to college how much you have to pay attention. In the words of most parents I know, “I’m not there anymore to push you and make you do your school work”. Sometimes I wish I had my mom’s motivation. Teachers also have a responsibility which is to make sure they are doing their job. When students misbehave and disrespect the teacher then it comes down on the parents because however you teach your child they are going to come to school and it will show. “Every college teacher I know is bemoaning the same kind of thing. Whether it’s rude behavior, lack of intellectual rigor, or both, we are all struggling with the same frightening decline in student performance. “Grades are going down. Workloads are going down”. I agree with this statement a hundred percent because I always hear teachers say “I have a life outside of school”. I understand why teachers don’t give as much work now. From high school since I came to college workloads have went down so much. Don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining about how much work I get. I’m just going to do it and make good grades. Nowadays we have students who are overachievers and they just have to be perfect with everything they do and