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Posted by on Oct-07-2013 03:54:

Why take E?

Why does the academic grading system skip E?

Posted by Lira on Oct-07-2013 03:56:

Ours doesn't even use these letters

Posted by on Oct-07-2013 04:07:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Ours doesn't even use these letters

you were given number grades in elementary school? Letters are more emotionally satisfying than numbers.

Posted by Sushipunk on Oct-07-2013 04:15:

Totally fell for the title, nice work

Ours were graded differently over here too. In high school it was:

VHA = Very High Achievement
HA = High Achievement
SA = Satisfactory Achievement
LA = Low Achievement (fail)
VLA = Very Low Achievement (fail)

In Uni it was graded on a scale of 1 through 7 (7 being the best grade, and 3/2/1 being a failing mark).

Posted by Dykes_on_Jay on Oct-07-2013 04:22:

I just rape the ones that fail with a pencil in the ear.

Posted by on Oct-07-2013 04:22:

In America letters are generally used up until college.
A, B, C, D, F

Posted by Lews on Oct-07-2013 04:57:

The letter 'F' is more powerful than an 'E'. 'F' obviously stands for Fail or Failure, which is what one has done if they have received an F on something.

Posted by Sushipunk on Oct-07-2013 05:06:

So a "D" is a passing grade?

Posted by Lews on Oct-07-2013 05:13:

Technically, yes, but it's certainly not one to be happy about.

Posted by Mattsanity on Oct-07-2013 05:13:

I'm so paranoid

Posted by Lira on Oct-07-2013 05:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Jon_Snow
you were given number grades in elementary school? Letters are more emotionally satisfying than numbers.

Yup, pretty much. 10 was awesome, 9 was okay, 8 was disgraceful, and anything lower than that would bring about serious consequences at home.

So, yeah, there was nothing satisfying about numbers

Posted by Lira on Oct-07-2013 05:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Totally fell for the title, nice work

Ours were graded differently over here too. In high school it was:

VHA = Very High Achievement
HA = High Achievement
SA = Satisfactory Achievement
LA = Low Achievement (fail)
VLA = Very Low Achievement (fail)

That's same in Uni here, actually, except the word "achievement" is nowhere to be found in the translation. That's a shame, it sounds better the Aussie way

Posted by Lews on Oct-07-2013 05:40:

I should note, actually, that in many (if not all) schools, while a D is technically a passing grade (as aforementioned), it will not fulfill a student's major's requirements. EG if there was a major on Bird Photography and one of the required classes was "Bird Shooting 102: Avoiding Bird Shit" and a student got a D, they would either need to re-take the class or possibly need to change their major.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Oct-07-2013 07:13:

It used to go all the way down to G when I studied GCSEs, which included E.

Posted by bananas on Oct-07-2013 07:39:

both school and universities grade students in a scalde from 1 to 10 (10 = the highest mark you can get) here. with some exceptions in some exams.

Posted by Guest on Oct-07-2013 10:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Lews
EG if there was a major on Bird Photography and one of the required classes was "Bird Shooting 102: Avoiding Bird Shit"

Posted by on Oct-07-2013 11:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Lews
I should note, actually, that in many (if not all) schools, while a D is technically a passing grade (as aforementioned), it will not fulfill a student's major's requirements. EG if there was a major on Bird Photography and one of the required classes was "Bird Shooting 102: Avoiding Bird Shit" and a student got a D, they would either need to re-take the class or possibly need to change their major.

I'd pull my hair out if I got a D in bird photography...

I had no idea everybody had such different grading systems. Why don't you use the metric system?

Posted by Silky Johnson on Oct-07-2013 15:24:

In elementary here it was NI through E until I think around grade 6? NI = needs improvement, S = satisfactory, G = good, VG = very good, E = excellent. Then we moved onto regular A through F grading. In HS through university we got a number/percentage grade. HS would give the percentage along with the letter grade...the number obviously to break down how the letter was given.

Posted by Trance-M on Oct-07-2013 19:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Yup, pretty much. 10 was awesome, 9 was okay, 8 was disgraceful, and anything lower than that would bring about serious consequences at home.

So, yeah, there was nothing satisfying about numbers

Over here 1-10 and most important 6 = enough, 5 = just not enough.

Edit: actually we even got one decimal numbers and 5.5 average was enough to get a 6.

Posted by Sushipunk on Oct-07-2013 22:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Lews
EG if there was a major on Bird Photography and one of the required classes was "Bird Shooting 102: Avoiding Bird Shit" and a student got a D, they would either need to re-take the class or possibly need to change their major.

lol