And even if they don't do their work at all, each student is still supposed to get a social promotion to the next grade for the sake of that student's self-esteem. Now it seems that everybody gets an A, everybody passes, and nobody fails, no matter what. I suspect the main reason for this change in grading is that judgement and accountability have become nasty, wicked concepts. There is no such thing as right or wrong, only people's ideas about what is right or wrong. Increasingly we hear comments like these, because our society has been caught up in trying to avoid judgement at any cost.
Truth becomes whatever each individual wants the truth to be.
Now it may be nice to envision a society in which no one fails. But in an earthly society where there is no failure, there is also no possibility for success and achievement. In a society where there is no wrong, there is no right. In a society where there is no accountability, there is no absolution. All of which brings us to the gospel for today, the Third Sunday in Advent.