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From: jfc@athena.mit.edu (John F Carr)
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Subject: Re: cruelty to undergrads
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Date: 15 Mar 88 18:05:14 GMT
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In article <3530@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> tlh@cs.purdue.EDU (Thomas L. Hausmann) writes:

>But seriously, when someone gives a satisfactory definition of just
>what they mean by a curve, then we can *really* know what it is to
>grade on a curve.

The universal definition of a curve by students is, "a method of grading
which gives me a grade higher than I deserve or would have otherwise 
been able to get  (as long as we keep Joe Nerd from messing up the curve
by getting too good a grade)."


   John Carr                 "No one wants to make a terrible choice
   jfc@Athena.MIT.EDU         On the price of being free"