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Post secondary education is meant to separate the elite (whether it be in the realm of intelligence, work ethic, or a combination thereof) from the masses, though this is less true with trade schools and certain colleges. As such, they have limited capacities and especially with universities, need to keep numbers lower. To do this, they increase the entry requirement, which parents then think their child automatically must get in order to "succeed" in life. They've been brainwashed by media into thinking that a post secondary, and more specifically a university or equivalent college education, is an absolute requirement for their child to do what they consider to be "well" in life later. Hence with increasing requirements and more enrolment caps, the grade expectation for parents raises.
rainheart just provided a perfect example of the "post secondary education for happiness" mind-set that plagues our societies.
I personally found C to be less than satisfactory simply because I was used to getting higher marks. I tend to understand what I'm being taught fairly well, so if I get a mark below about a B- it can be a bit frustrating.
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