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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He’s not misleading you, large state engineering programs are a full of lazy students dragging down averages.  The part that’s under the rug is that given curved grades, these Cs are often well bellow 50% mastery.  [/quote]

50% as a median grade on an exam doesn't mean 50% mastery.  Not even close.

I've taught STEM classes and I can pretty much write an exam to get any median grade I want.[/quote]

That’s true but that’s not what goes on.  More often than not these students are driving down averages on reasonable tests.  A friend’s son is studying engineering at a similarly ranked school.  He was warned how tough such and such is, and sure enough the median will be 30%, yet he pulls a good grade before the curve.  The students aren’t working, it was the same when I was in school. [/quote]

I’m glad your friend’s kid is so capable. Some people really are good at this stuff.  I think you are making assumptions about everyone else. Very few engineering students aren’t working - it is easier to move on.
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