Re: grade-grubbing & course selection

[Rick Tarara <rbtarara@SPRYNET.COM>]

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From: "Digby Willard" <dwillard@milk.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us>
> > What do you mean by hard graders?  Is the average grade in the courses
> > really a C?
>
> Probably not in most cases, though for the history teacher I might be.  I
> don't know the average grades for these teachers, just their reputations.
> I guess by "hard grading" I mean an average grade in the B range, but with
> many students getting lower grades than they're used to getting in their
> other courses.

If someone whose average grade is B is considered a 'hard grader' then you
need look no farther than your own school for grade inflation and its
effects.  ;-)

Rick
(Whose average grades hover between a B- and B and considers this to be
'high'.)