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I got a B on my history exam.
Not an A.
Damn.
But you know, that's not what bugs me the most about the test. My actual percentage on the test was a 73. You may wonder, and rightly so, on what planet a 73% is a "B." Well, my friends, it's Planet Curve.
Out of 75 points, the highest anybody got was 69. The lowest was 12. The class average was 40. How many points were required to pass? Anyone wanna guess? Never mind. It's 25 points. That's right, if a student got 34% of the questions right, he passed.
Again, this is on Planet Curve.
Why do teachers grade on a curve?
Because they SUCK.
If this guy was a half decent lecturer and did an adequate job of telling us what was expected on the test (ie. how to answer the short essays) and didn't make the stupid multiple choice questions so damn vague, maybe he wouldn't NEED a curve.
I got 98, 97, and 98 on the first three exams in History 102 last year. Granted I might have studied a wee bit more for those - not much - that was a GOOD teacher. Very good.
Blech. I'm going to roast him on ratemyprofessors.com, when I finish the term. So there.
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