Comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7

The good news for students is being "above average" appears to have gotten easier.

The author is careful to point out he is describing "average" students. This implies there are still good students. That has not changed.

The author mentions one:

"Last semester I had a good student tell me, "hey you know that kid who sits in front of me with the laptop? Yeah, I thought you should know that all he does in class is gamble on his computer.""