> It sucks for students, but this way, grade inflation just cannot happen. Problem is it sucks not only for students but everyone else (e.g. potential employer

> It sucks for students, but this way, grade inflation just cannot happen. Problem is it sucks not only for students but everyone else (e.g. potential employers), too. If grades only show your relative position on a bell curve and not your absolute skill level, they cease to allow for skill level comparison between people. With bell curve grading an engineer with an C being born in a baby boomer year may be better than an engineer with an A graduating in a year with less students.