Re: OT Atlas Shrugged.

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On Aug 27, 7:09 pm, JoeRaisin <JoeRai...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robert L Bass wrote:
> > "Bob La Londe" wrote:
>
> >>> You realize of course that the story, while interesting, is a fiction=
?
>
> >> It=92s a parable.
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> > Just so we all understand it had nothing to do with Obama.
>
> But what do you think of the analogy?
>
I think it misrepresents what Obama is about as well as what socialism
is in the modern age.
>
> >> ... Ever heard of grading on a curve.
>
> > Yes.  Some teachers do it when a test or assignment appears to unfairly
> > reward or penalize a significant portion of the class.  However, that
> > has nothing to do with grading everyone in the class the same,
> > regardless what they do.  The story is a fiction.  It doesn't happen in
> > real life.
>
> >> Makes for some of the worst classes I have ever taken...
>
> > I've had instructors who graded on a curve and others who did not.  Whe=
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> > my work was the best I got higher marks, regardless which system was
> > used. Students who did poor work gor poor grades either way.
>
> >> Usually by the laziest professors who teach the least amount of useful
> >> information.
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> > Grading on a curve takes more effort than the standard method.
>
> The actual determination of individual grades takes a little more work
> but it covers up crappy (lazy) instruction.  If I'm not mistaken, that
> was the point being made by use of the term 'lazy'.

I know you believe that but grading tests on a curve is in fact more
complicated than straight percentages.

> >>> While we're at it, what student would accept an F for such a silly
> >>> idea and not file suit?
>
> >> Now that I can believe in this litigious age.
>
> > I've never sued anyone in my life but if I had been failed because the
> > rest of my class did poorly, I'd probably have gone to court or at leas=
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> > filed a complaint with the dean.  Then again, my father was in charge o=
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> > corporate giving for BMY.  By the stroke of a pen he arranged for the
> > school's new library and a number of other major grants so the dean jus=
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> > might have been a better choice if I ever needed help.  :^)