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The state of things (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think their point is that you could have people in the bottom quartile who learned what they are expected to, are capable, but are failed anyway because of how they compare to others.

(Assuming curved tests really work like that, never bothered reading the pretty long grading policies)

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nothing about the post says anything about how many students passed or failed. Just that the lowest 25% are the lowest 25%.

Yes, A = A.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh... you didn't post this as a joke? This is depressing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I did post it as a joke. Note how I started my comment with "I think their point is", that isn't my view :)

There's also difference between pretending to miss for a joke that dividing things into quartiles necessarily means a bottom 25% exists (what the meme does). And noting that it's weird failing people based on how they do compared to others and not if they actually actually learn (me suggesting what the user JackGreenEarth was probably trying to get at).