We're dumbing stuff down, but we're also making it such a sorting device, so much about your grade and not your creativity
Right, cause we all know that school shouldn't impart knowledge, it's supposed to nurture purely subjective expression.
As one of my Classics professors said after an exam, "You all did really well on the essay, but not nearly so well on the objective portion of the exam. What this tells me is that you are all really accomplished bullshitters. But when it comes to actually knowing something, you guys have room for improvement."