# What are examples of authentic Bell Curves

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I’ve never had a teacher grade me on a classic bell curve, where it’s mostly Cs, equal Bs and Ds, equal As and Fs. I’ve had plenty of teachers grade on “curves”, but they’ve always been these weirdly idiosyncratic constructions that varied wildly from teacher to teacher.

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