Comparing College Grads of Today with High School Grads of the Past

 This is not meant to be an exercise in nostalgia but studies have shown a diminution of the quality of eduction in America. 

At the same time, other research indicates inflationary grading of students. The old B and C students of yore are more likely getting A’s these days. All this, despite more spending on K-12 education and smaller class size, and more college graduates than ever.

The bottom line one can surmise: The average high school grad of the past, forced to go to work, may well have been more intelligent and educated, capable of reasoning, than the average college graduate today. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)