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Sorry, but i think having a curve that is basically majority of hte class = C and the rest have to be filled, etc, is damning...As in, say 6 people get a C, 3 get B and 3 get D, 1 F and 1 A just seems wrong and arbitrary. It also screws up the average for the other classes, etc. By those standards, yo ureally would have only 5% in upper tier of the class, but you would also demand that 5% would be lowest when the least performing person really didn't deserve it. I've known teachers that started out class by saying there would only be 3 A's in a class and everyone else had to fight for their spot on the rest of the chart. It was harsh, arbitrary, and unrealistic and somehow, we ended up with 6 people getting A's..thankfully...
That said, in grad school, a C would almost automatically bar you from graduating..no do-overs, no retakes, nothing, just bam, you got a C, you're going to hell, basically. We weren't competitive with each other for the higher grades, we were just doing the best we could. Fortunately, there was only one C and one D given in my class, both dropped out by next semester..
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Chris
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