Re: Grade Inflation -- more

[Digby Willard <dwillard@MAIL.CENTRAL.STPAUL.K12.MN.US>]

I don't think this is grade inflation (or whatever the appropriate term is
for a situation with no grades).  I think its an attempt to increase the
appeal of the programs.  In the 1950's, most people at home couldn't play
along.  Today, they can.

Digby


> A wonderful example of grade inflation:
>
>
> THE LIST
> Questions asked
> on TV quiz shows
> in the 1950s
>
> -- Identify six portraits by artist, subject and teacher with whom the
> artist studied.
> -- Name the Verdi opera with which Arturo Toscanini began his conducting
>
> career.
> -- Name the kings of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Jordan
> -- What was the name of the anti-populist newspaper editor in Kansas in
> the
> 1920s and what was the name of the column he wrote?
>
> THE LIST
> Questions asked
> on TV quiz shows
> in the 1990s
>
> -- What two colors make up an Oreo cookie?
> -- What is your power source if you use solar energy?
> -- What year did Columbus discover America?
> -- The Empire State Building is located in what state?
>
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