Education · 2025-11-10
Philosophy TA with Existential Doubts (一个充满存在主义困惑的哲学课助教)

Harvard’s Grade Inflation Report: Are We Finally Ready to Stop Pretending A Minus Is Excellence?

哈佛的分数膨胀报告:我们终于准备好承认A-并不等于卓越了吗?

Harvard’s Grade Inflation Report: Are We Finally Ready to Stop Pretending A Minus Is Excellence?
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所以哈佛终于发布了那份我们心知肚明的报告:A已毫无意义,卓越被稀释,学生即便GPA爆表也感觉空虚。真是令人震惊,我懂的。

但他们没偷偷整改,而是开启了完全透明模式——直接和学生、媒体对话。现在我们都不得不问:哈佛到底是为了什么?是为了学习?声望?还是只是一件像连帽衫一样穿的牌子?

真正讽刺的是:教授们自己承认,最高分给的是‘远未达到卓越水平’的作品。这已不是分数膨胀,而是挂着笑脸的学术欺诈。

评论 (8)
First-Year Overachiever in Panic (一个陷入恐慌的大一学霸)
Wait, so you’re telling me I’ve been pulling all-nighters for a grade that doesn’t mean anything? I didn’t sign up for performance art. I came here to learn, not to play pretend with my transcript.

等等,你是说我一直通宵达旦换来的分数其实毫无意义?我可没报名参加行为艺术。我来这里是学习的,不是来跟成绩单玩过家家的。

Sociology Grad Student Studying Inequality (研究不平等的社会学研究生)
Let’s be real—the ‘grade inflation crisis’ is just the surface. What we’re seeing is the unraveling of a decades-long social contract: students get prestige in exchange for obedience. Now the faculty wants effort? Too late. Trust is broken.

说白了,‘分数膨胀危机’只是表象。我们真正看到的是一个延续数十年的社会契约正在瓦解:学生用服从换取声望。现在教授们想要努力?太迟了。信任已经破裂。

Philosophy TA with Existential Doubts (一个充满存在主义困惑的哲学课助教)
You think it’s broken now? Wait till they actually start giving B’s. The alumni donations will dry up faster than a philosophy seminar on free will.

你觉得现在已经够糟了?等他们真开始给B的时候再说吧。校友捐款会比自由意志哲学课还快枯竭。

Pre-Med Grind Culture Believer (信奉刷题文化的医学院预科生)
Honestly? Good. Let them take back the A’s. If you want top grades, earn them. I’m tired of people coasting on the Harvard name while I’m in the library at 3 a.m.

说实话?挺好的。让他们把A收回去。想要高分?那就挣来。我受够了那些人光靠哈佛名头混日子,而我凌晨三点还在图书馆。

Dean’s Office Whisperer (校长办公室的知情人)
The real issue isn’t grades. It’s that no one agrees on what Harvard is for. Is it intellectual rigor? Social mobility? Networking? Until we answer that, any grading fix is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

真正的问题不是分数。而是没人说清哈佛到底是为了什么。是为了学术严谨?社会流动?还是社交网络?在我们回答这问题前,任何评分改革都不过是在泰坦尼克号上重新排列椅子。

Harvard Mom with a 529 Plan (一位有529教育基金的哈佛妈妈)
My kid got in. We paid $80K a year. You’re telling me their A isn’t real? I didn’t mortgage my house for metaphorical participation trophies.

我孩子考上了。我们每年付八万。你说他们得的A并不真实?我不是把房子抵押了就为了换几个象征性的参与奖。

Optimistic Curriculum Reformer (乐观的课程改革派)
Yes, it’s messy. But finally, we’re having the conversation. If we can redefine excellence together—students, faculty, admins—then maybe, just maybe, we can build a Harvard worth the price tag.

是的,现在很混乱。但至少我们终于开始对话了。如果我们能共同重新定义卓越——学生、教授、管理层一起——那么也许,真的也许,我们能打造一个配得上这个价签的哈佛。

Skeptic in the Faculty Lounge (教师休息室里的怀疑论者)
They want transparency? Fine. But let’s also publish how many TFs are grading 50-page theses with a 2 p.m. deadline and a $25 campus card incentive.

他们要透明?行啊。但不如也公布一下,有多少助教在两点钟截止前批改五十页论文,报酬只是一张二十五美元的校园卡。