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| Jon_Snow |
| Why does the academic grading system skip E? |
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| Lira |
| Ours doesn't even use these letters :p |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Ours doesn't even use these letters :p |
you were given number grades in elementary school? Letters are more emotionally satisfying than numbers. |
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| Sushipunk |
Totally fell for the title, nice work :p
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). |
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| Dykes_on_Jay |
| I just rape the ones that fail with a pencil in the ear. |
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| Jon_Snow |
In America letters are generally used up until college.
A, B, C, D, F |
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| Lews |
| 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. |
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| Sushipunk |
| So a "D" is a passing grade? |
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| Lews |
| Technically, yes, but it's certainly not one to be happy about. |
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| Lira |
| 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 :p |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Totally fell for the title, nice work :p
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 :( |
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