America is rapidly evolving into a nation of inflation. Cumulative grade point averages rose from 2.93 in the 1991-92 school year to 3.07 nearly a decade later (Harding 21). This is primarily due to the change in grading scales from a traditional seven-point grading scale, on which a student can only earn an A if they score 93 percent or higher and do not award of "minus" grades, giving a student a B if they get a 92 percent, and a 10-point scale that adds "minus" grades, so it is possible to have a 91 percent and still have only an A- rather than a B. Some states, such as North Carolina, are now requiring the entire high school grade to grade on a 10-point scale (Lee 1). This is supposed to help students not only get into college, but also find a job, because that's everyone's ultimate life goal, right? You're supposed to go to college to get a degree so you can make money for the rest of your life. But the problem arises because the importance of getting a job has overtaken the importance of getting an honest education. John Harding even pointed out that grading has moved from a measure and motivator for students to succeed and learn to an external assessment.