Throwing off the Curve
October 5, 2009 by Tellie
Filed under My Inner Kindlings
Last week what I like to call hell week. I had an exam in every single class, and since I am the ultimate procrastinator, I missed out on many hours of sleep cramming. I wasn’t too stressed out about the tests once I actually got around to studying, after all, the tests were graded on a curve and I love curved tests. Doesn’t everybody? That is until some asshole throws off the curve.
Well, usually I am that asshole.
Seriously, I don’t mean to do it, but it’s what ends up happening. How am I suppose to gauge the knowledge of the rest of the class? How am I suppose to know that there is a 30 point discrepancy between my test score and the next highest? And why should I dumb myself down for the betterment of the class?
But I do feel guilty that my grade has caused people to earn D’s and occasional F’s when they might have very well been B’s or C’s if I had purposely missed a few questions here and there. And the looks of disdain and scorn I get after the teacher announces the highest grade? Priceless. And everyone knows it was me. It’s always me.
