<p>Spreaking of TA’s , and Asian TA’s. I was one of them over 25 years ago. I was good at my English back then. In addition, grading is a matter of knowing your class subject matter. I am sure there are bad TA’s. But there are plenty of good ones. There are tougher TA’s , in terms of handing out A’s. In my case, the Prof. always watches over our shoulders. We were, afterall, a bunch of 20 year-old kids at the time. </p>
<p>On the topic of GPA and grade inflation, or lack thereof, here are two papers talking about it.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/education/26grades.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/education/26grades.html</a>
[The</a> Truth About Harvard - Magazine - The Atlantic](<a href=“http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/03/the-truth-about-harvard/3726/]The”>The Truth About Harvard - The Atlantic)</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, there are well-known tough schools (in terms of getting an A in class)like MIT, Bekeley and there are well-known “easy” schools like Harvard. Interesting stuff!</p>