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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 12 Sep 2016

    Why we should stop grading students on a curve http://nyti.ms/2crobFx  via @nytopinion

    4:37 PM - 12 Sep 2016
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      1. Linda C. Rodriguez‏ @LindaRodriguez3 12 Sep 2016
        Replying to @nytimes @nytopinion

        What curve? My students work hard and meet my high expectations. Screw curving

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      1. Venomous‏ @V3n0m0us_ 12 Sep 2016
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        Actually, the price to get a degree is what's keeping them from succeeding. Six figures for a BS is a joke.

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      2.  🌊 Becky  🌊‏ @Texasbec214 12 Sep 2016
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        I never saw this in my college classes and I'm now a professor and don't know anyone who does it. Where is this?

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      3. (((CZARKING)))‏ @CZAR__KING 12 Sep 2016
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        Harvard apparently!

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      4.  🌊 Becky  🌊‏ @Texasbec214 12 Sep 2016
        Replying to @CZAR__KING @nytimes @nytopinion

        New title: Harvard should stop grading students on a curve.

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      5. (((CZARKING)))‏ @CZAR__KING 12 Sep 2016
        Replying to @Texasbec214 @nytimes @nytopinion

        hmm...not sure it meets nytimes' stringent clickbate standards!

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      1. K b‏ @lawyerkat 12 Sep 2016
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        No, what hurts students more is overpriced tuition, shitty job market and fed student loan interest rates at 7% ++

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      1. This World Too Wild‏ @TheWorldTooWild 12 Sep 2016
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        do you understand that grading curves are the only non-shitty part of academic life

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      1. Crunchy groove‏ @notbravebutbat 12 Sep 2016
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        wimps. in my day we got graded on an ellipse

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      1. Barbara Edelman‏ @edelman_barbara 12 Sep 2016
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        how about why we should stop grading Candidates on a curve?

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      1. Brian Gilbert‏ @Brian__Gilbert 12 Sep 2016
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        Excellent article!

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      1. Diffractions‏ @Diffractre 12 Sep 2016
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        Fixing how much we have to pay for college first would be more appreciated.

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      1. Kenneth Robinson‏ @mensamusa49 12 Sep 2016
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        It'll never happen because students who flunk out is loss revenue for the university.

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      1. George Washington‏ @G_dubyaP85 12 Sep 2016
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        but aren't progressives all about equality?

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      1. #BobbysDaughter‏ @Mama4Obama1 12 Sep 2016
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        .@nytimes @nytopinion Hell you do a column on not heading student on a curve but the media is grading Trump on a curve. Hypocritical much?

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      1. eliminoP‏ @eliminoP 12 Sep 2016
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        @adamcarolla #participationtrophies

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