I had a similar experience, except my story has an amusing twist.:)
I transferred to a new school in 10th grade. For some reason they moved me to the honors chemistry section after the first day of classes, so I missed out on seat selection. The only available seat was in the back of the room behind the normal desks -- at a lab table with the "cool" kids. All semester long the cool kids complained about getting C's and D's. I'm not one for bad news, so I didn't ask the teacher about my grades; I just assumed I was getting a C too.
At the end of the semester I went to see the teacher in private. She walked over to a box beside the door labeled "quiz return" (no idea how I managed to miss that). The box contained all of my quizzes and tests from the semester. She handed them to me and told me I was the first person to ever ace her class!
The papers had my names on them, so it's possible that everyone in the class knew that I was the one setting the curve. So maybe the key isn't in hiding the fact that you're setting the curve. Maybe the cool kids only get upset if you make a big deal about it.
[I usually post AC, but I'm making an exception for this.]
Did anyone else get a pop-up from hardware.slashdot.org with a 100x100 image hosted on suitesmart.com saying "We are conducting a research survey on this site. You will be invited to participate when you leave. Please do not close this window."
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I had a similar experience, except my story has an amusing twist. :)
I transferred to a new school in 10th grade. For some reason they moved me to the honors chemistry section after the first day of classes, so I missed out on seat selection. The only available seat was in the back of the room behind the normal desks -- at a lab table with the "cool" kids. All semester long the cool kids complained about getting C's and D's. I'm not one for bad news, so I didn't ask the teacher about my grades; I just assumed I was getting a C too.
At the end of the semester I went to see the teacher in private. She walked over to a box beside the door labeled "quiz return" (no idea how I managed to miss that). The box contained all of my quizzes and tests from the semester. She handed them to me and told me I was the first person to ever ace her class!
The papers had my names on them, so it's possible that everyone in the class knew that I was the one setting the curve. So maybe the key isn't in hiding the fact that you're setting the curve. Maybe the cool kids only get upset if you make a big deal about it.
[I usually post AC, but I'm making an exception for this.]
Did anyone else get a pop-up from hardware.slashdot.org with a 100x100 image hosted on suitesmart.com saying "We are conducting a research survey on this site. You will be invited to participate when you leave. Please do not close this window."
Is that some kind of joke related to the story?