Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 02, 2016

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  about 8 years ago

    I do like his thinking process. He needs at least one college level class to make the row to hoe much harder to go.

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    Bilan  about 8 years ago

    It’s not easy to find things to complain about when you’re as smart as Caulfield.

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    Phred Premium Member about 8 years ago

    What grade is this kid in?

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    magicwalnut  about 8 years ago

    He’s right, you know. If the curve is low, blame it on the teacher.

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    Dr.DocSmith  about 8 years ago

    Grading on a curve. Just in case the teacher is doing nothing….

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    ChukLitl Premium Member about 8 years ago

    The curve paints a target on the kid who knows this stuff. “Dude, you’ve got to miss a few questions so Dave can pass. There’s a big game Friday.”

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    Michael Ritter  about 8 years ago

    I had trouble following the exact order of the strip so I’m relieved that life is graded on the curve.

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    markzwaan  about 8 years ago

    I guess Caulfield has been reading the Wikipedia entry for curved grading:

    “However, curved grading can increase competitiveness between students and affect their sense of faculty fairness in a class. Thus, curved grades cannot be blindly used and must be carefully considered and pondered compared to alternatives such as criterion-referenced grading. Furthermore, constant misuse of curved grading can adjust grades on poorly designed tests, whereas assessments should be designed to accurately reflect the learning objectives set by the instructor.”

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    rekam Premium Member about 8 years ago

    Boy, Caulfield’s vocabulary is really something!

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    patlaborvi  about 8 years ago

    I picked up my second college degree a few years ago (an associates degree to upgrade my computer skills) and one elective I took in the last semester was a history class (I’ve always enjoyed history). When I stopped to get my grade on the final exam the instructor told me that I had the highest grade in the class, 90% on the test, an A with straight grading, an A+ on the scale, I figured I won either way.

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    JP Steve Premium Member about 8 years ago

    Loved the Biochem Prof I had who marked on the curve. Six kids in the class and I was the only one who wasn’t a Biochem major… (I did pass — barely!)

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    hippogriff  about 8 years ago

    Night-Gaunt49I know the feeling. Back in the late Pleistocene, when I was that age, there were no children’s books on dinosaurs, so my dad’s geology text had to do. Granted, I went on my first field trips when still horizontal, family legend claimed I cut my teeth on fossils, and my dad had three upper cretaceous discoveries to his credit.

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