Why would you go for challenges, your first job isn't going to ask you for how challenging your classes were, but for your grades. Higher grades == more pay.
Not to mention many people intend to go to grad school - where grades are king, and nobody really cares if your marks are low because you were challenging yourself.
The system shares as much blame as its users. If challenging oneself was rewarded then we'd have more of it.
The system shares as much blame as its users. If challenging oneself was rewarded then we'd have more of it.