Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Grade Inflation Crisis_ Is a 3.0 GPA the New F | The Truth About Neurodivergent Kids

9 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube video (speaker: Aaron Hartman, MD) arguing that grade inflation and standardized-testing-driven schooling have devalued a 3.0 GPA and marginalized nontraditional learners. The speaker claims trade/vocational pathways have been reduced, instruction favors paper-based (2D) assessment, and teachers' pay tied to standardized test results creates systemic disadvantages for neurodivergent students (e.g., ADHD, dyslexia).

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True. It's like if you get a 3.0, that's equivalent to F because everything is so like inflated and everybody has to be the best in the top. And they've certainly eliminate trade schools. And that's changed the way we educate kids. Everything is now 2D paper. And where, you know, when I was growing up, you know, adhd, dyslexia, these were out there, but not as much talked about. And the kids just had to kind of navigate the system. But it was easier to navigate. I feel like now where teachers income is based on kids passing standardized testing, kids even graduate from high schools getting money, everything is so standardization driven that the reality is these people who think differently, these outliers almost being discriminated against.