Well I think it's wierd in the way that the episode made it look like there was a huge power gap between her and Death the Kid. I don't know how many stages there are in their training, but a Death Scythe seems to be goal, and Maka seemed to be just one step away from it. So considering that she was so close to the goal, that there's such a huge gap alluded to in the episode it's kind of wierd.