Even at the top of the class standards can be pretty low. Regularly I get the impression that a lot of grading in the US is rank or curve-based, which seems li

Even at the top of the class standards can be pretty low. Regularly I get the impression that a lot of grading in the US is rank or curve-based, which seems like total bullshit to me. The best performing student could still very well provide poor quality work. A good teacher evaluates students individually and tries to take each of their levels and learning-speeds in to account. Luckily I have mostly had university classes with 15-30 students, which gives the teachers a lot of space to approach students individually.