grade on the curve

[Charles Doyle]

Another perverse academic conception:  My students sometimes ask me if I'm going to assign grades on the basis of "improvement" (as other--presumably superior--teachers are alleged to do). Then I have to point out that, on such a basis, a student who starts out performing at the "A" level would have to receive an "F" (or less) for the course.

--Charlie
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