Contrast Richard's response to my little tale to what 
happened to my friend Joe who retired in science ed from UGA 
and now teaches at Nanyang Technological University in 
Singapore. When at his first semester's end Joe gave two A's 
in the class, the department head told him in no uncertain 
terms to give one of the students a B, and when Joe 
initially said it was too close to call, the dept head said 
he would make the distinction if Joe didn't!