Not at all what I said, or meant.
What I am asking is, if all the students demonstrated mastery of the subject on the exam, why should they not all be given A's? A quota is a pretty poor reason to determine how well someone mastered the course materials.
Is that how they graded you during your high school years?
In real life 5% of the people earn 80 to 90% of the money. In real life they are getting A's.
As long as higher education lives in a cocoon, I have no problem with 35% of the class getting A's. Hell, make it 40%, or even 50% getting A's.
If the schools want to prepare the students for real life (and the evidence is that isn't even on the list) they would limit A's to some reasonable percentage closer to 5%.