Chapter 8

I don’t believe in a grading curve, and I like how this book backs me up. It seems natural to me, to want all of my students to get the best grade they can. If they all wind up with A’s, that would be amazing. I know of other teachers, and I’m sure even some from my own high school, who are pressured into grading on a curve, or are just personally out to fail 7.5% of their class, plus or minus 4% depending on their class size. I don’t understand why teachers do it; I will never do it in my class.