[bc-chris]

i'm not a fan of the bell curve, i never have been

to me it's pretty cut and dry - your grade is your grade. no skewing it becuz of a smart/'not-so-smart' class

i think brewmaster does make a good point about a ridiculously hard exam, however, i highly doubt most profs make new exams from scratch every year - they reuse/rework old exams, so they know what kind of grades to expect.

my wife is a teacher, and she knows going into a test what kids will do well and which will bomb.


...ha... after re-reading my post i think it's even more clear to me why my degree is in mathematics!!