So GPAs are on the rise at Penn State. Sounds good right? Penn State students are receiving better grades and becoming more academically enlightened. However, there are people like Peter Georgopulos, a professor at the Delaware County campus who said, "I just can't believe that this is happening. And if that's not a concern to you, I don't know what is." Georgopulos makes it sound like a bad thing. Oh no, students are doing well; he can't believe it.

What I can't believe is that it is a story at all. It should be just a blurb in the paper -- not a debate. Too many professors at Penn State believe students should be average. One professor of mine was actually pleased when a class average was a C minus, even saying "that is actually better than it should be," stating he was worried about how the dean would view him if his class averages were "too high." It is outrageous to me that some teachers and the university would rather see lower grades that are average than a rise in GPAs. A concern over students doing better in class? Am I the only one who finds that this is insane?