[wayne_h]

'Basic income'? Lets start with 'Basic grading'

Currently students earn grades A-F. From now on we should have a 'basic grade', all students will be given a 'D' - a basic passing grade. You get your 'D' even if you don't even go to class. and since don't go to school well we might as well just give them the diplomas too...

I would like to see the idealistic college students and professors apply this concept to their real world and see how it works out...

The idiocy of this becomes obvious in this context.

[felipeko]

You're missing the reward for those who get higher grades.

If students with higher grades got better food, chair and transport (that's what happens in basic income), you would probably see some students trying their best.

[userulluipeste]

Off-topic: I always wondered why there is A-F instead of A-Z. In your order of ideas it is explainable - everyone gets a "G" by default (for "F" one should at least be present) therefore all the rest are left out.

On-topic: If you make "D" the default, when the reality sets in, the new valuable scale becomes A-C (nobody will care or consider one's graded studies if those were "completed" on D "pass" grades). The same is with free money - the amount of pension money will shortly become meaningless because of inflation.