I have made a learning curve that looks like this: ![enter image description here][1] Why wouldn't it be more like both training and cross-validation score begin low and both gradually increase with more samples? Why does one start high while the other starts low? For example, this is how I thought it would look: ![enter image description here][2] Thanks [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/MHRKD.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/dDgMw.png