Once there was a story on grade inflation that the Yale Daily News began by saying, " As Shelly Kagan So I know I've got at least the reputation of being a hard grader.

一旦有关于成绩膨胀的故事,耶鲁日间新闻会从下面这句话开始“,薛立·卡刚,这至少让我知道了,我有严厉这么个名声。

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I know this is true, that is, I know I have the reputation, both because I periodically in my student evaluations get told I'm one of Yale's harsher graders, and because every now and then the Yale Daily News will have an article about grade inflation and they'll always ask me, " ... Well Professor Kagan is somebody..."

这是真的，而我之所以有这样的名声,是因为在学生定期评估时,我被告知自己是耶鲁最严厉的人之一，还因为那不时出现的耶鲁日间新闻,有篇文章会谈到关于成绩膨胀的事,人们总会问我“,卡刚教授“

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