I wonder how many students would be interested in grade “redistribution.”
Suppose every 4.0 grade in a class was converted to a 3.0 grade so as to redistribute one grade point to students failing the course, in order to allow those students to pass or be given to students who have grades they deserved — but grades that are lower than what those students want. Does that seem fair?
How many students who work hard for their grades and invest the necessary time and effort into achieving “good” grades would accept such a policy? How would you feel about the inaccurate grade-point averages that would result from such a policy — making all students relatively equivalent? Would your hard work pay off in the job market?
If you put redistribution plans into a perspective that directly affects you, I doubt you like the impact (unless you are going to benefit from someone else’s hard work).
Well, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s plan to redistribute wealth in the U.S. is philosophically no different than the policy outlined above.
Wealth redistribution would be similarly unfair, would de-motivate hard work and, quite frankly, would ruin the true “American dream.”
Obama’s redistribution plan is not democratic. As Winston Churchill said: “Socialism is a philosophy of failure … its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
Please remember this on Nov. 4.
Judy Whipple
associate supply chain management professor
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