Hacker News: sndgndgndgndyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sndgndgndgndyHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:05:45 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by sndgndgndgndy in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"]]>Unpopular opinion: turning public universities into an academic hunger games is diametrically opposed to their purpose for existing, which is to create an educated populace. Intentionally lowering the quality of instruction, as well as deliberately trying to trip students up on exams, is not improving educational outcomes for anyone. People who complain about "grade inflation" have completely lost sight of why public education exists in the first place.

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