Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 02, 2016

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Caulfield: You graded on a curve? Seriously? I understand pass/fail might not incentivize some people beyond adequacy, but by turning it into a zero-sum game, you're guaranteeing a poor grade to a certain segment, and what kind of motivation is that? At the same time saddling the higher achievers with the kind of you-or-me scenario......That might encourage healthy competition, but could just as likely discourage risk-taking and could conceivably be responsible for the kind of self-centered, paranoid boobishness we're seeing in today's stratified culture. I repeat: A curve? Seriously? She still gave me an A+ but I can't cash it in until grad-school econ. Frazz: Oh, like a report-card savings bond.