Re: [Phys-l] Smart Students

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Hi Hugh-
	Only true for the junior grades where the statutory attrition is 
negligible.  So the rule for grading junior officers actually makes some 
practical sense because a bad fitness report at the beginning of a career 
can make the whole career a dead end.
					Regards,
						Jack

On Tue, 30 May 2006, Hugh Haskell wrote:

> At 09:39  -0500 5/30/06, Quist, Oren wrote:
> > How could the grades be this high if the students were not exceptionally
> > bright?????
> Just goes to show you that Garrison Kiellor's adage about all the
> children of Lake Woebegon being above average must be true.
>
> I also found the same to be true while I was in the Navy. On our
> semi-annual evaluations, 90% of the officers were in the top 10% of
> their cohort.
>
> Amazing. We were all a whole lot better than I thought.
>
> Hugh

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