I wish that I could give out those grades (except for the F, obviously). One of the drawbacks of our system is that we have to grade on a curve, particularly t

I wish that I could give out those grades (except for the F, obviously). One of the drawbacks of our system is that we have to grade on a curve, particularly the number of top grades that we give. The deans can give some variation in that quota, but only in exceptional circumstances. It is hard when I am teaching an elective and these are students that are specifically choosing something very challenging when they could just as easily spend their last semester coasting through. I have never had to fail a student, but I have had a few violations of academic integrity that had to be dealt with. One of the few upsides of intensive grading is that I tend to remember specific errors, and a flag always gets raised when I see the same error twice, regardless of how many variable names were changed, etc.