Matthew McConaughey slams 'participation trophies' in fiery takedown
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Actor Matthew McConaughey discusses his opposition to participation medals and extra credit systems on Jay Shetty's podcast, sharing his perfectionism approach.
Lori Bashian is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
"I'm not into extra credit. I don't like 4.2 GPAs," he said. "That tells me, like, what happened? Then we're not giving the right tests. If 4.0 was the pinnacle, that means not many people should be getting it, if anybody."
"So now we're getting 4.2s, 4.4s," he added. "That tells me we've overleveraged the original task, or we've added amnesty or too many places to not have the real competence and merit at the task that you're supposed to get, because, especially I think in the West, because we want everyone to feel really great. Participation trophies. 4.2 GPA."
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