Getting "Good Grades"

[xSxqPowerx]

I can understand how you feel.

 

Throughout high school I never once received a mark lower than an A- (80%).

Seriously? Until this last year (which didn't affect my college admission) and A was a 94%; now an A- is 90%. I believe grades should be reflected on a numerical scale. The GPA system has flaws that aren't consistent nationwide.

I really don't know the differences between US and Canadian grading systems, definitely a lot different though. We don't really ever actually use letter grades, but I was just giving the general conversion (A=80+, B=70-79, C=60-69, etc.)

 

We do everything on a percent scale, which is then converted straight to GPA for anyone looking to go to school in the States.

So, what is considered an A doesn't really matter. I've heard there's a lot of inconsistencies with the GPA system though, hence why I much prefer the straight up percentage scale.

[Ichimaru]

School basically consists of listening to the teacher and repeating like a parrot what the teacher just said using other words. Being a good parrot is about the furthest thing away from intelligence you can possibly achieve. Kids are brain-dead before they even have the chance to enter into society and learn to think for themselves.

 

I always had good grades at school but I was fully aware I was just playing their little game and making them think that I believed what they said. Most kids are never able to comprehend that and end up believing the BS they were forced to parrot.

[Giordano]

School basically consists of listening to the teacher and repeating like a parrot what the teacher just said using other words. Being a good parrot is about the furthest thing away from intelligence you can possibly achieve. Kids are brain-dead before they even have the chance to enter into society and learn to think for themselves.

 

I always had good grades at school but I was fully aware I was just playing their little game and making them think that I believed what they said. Most kids are never able to comprehend that and end up believing the BS they were forced to parrot.

So gravity is just a [cabbage] thing? Algebra and biology are also [cabbage] too? Unless you explain yourself, I'm just going to think this 'parrot' thing is the cliche 'fight the machine'.

[xSxqPowerx]

School basically consists of listening to the teacher and repeating like a parrot what the teacher just said using other words. Being a good parrot is about the furthest thing away from intelligence you can possibly achieve. Kids are brain-dead before they even have the chance to enter into society and learn to think for themselves.

 

I always had good grades at school but I was fully aware I was just playing their little game and making them think that I believed what they said. Most kids are never able to comprehend that and end up believing the BS they were forced to parrot.

Maybe in elementary and high school... but even then, the students who do very well in advanced classes are the ones who know how to think.

 

Also lol, any of the difficult (read: math based) post-secondary degrees are all about understanding.

 

Fight the power, man.

[sees_all1]

School basically consists of listening to the teacher and repeating like a parrot what the teacher just said using other words. Being a good parrot is about the furthest thing away from intelligence you can possibly achieve. Kids are brain-dead before they even have the chance to enter into society and learn to think for themselves.

 

I always had good grades at school but I was fully aware I was just playing their little game and making them think that I believed what they said. Most kids are never able to comprehend that and end up believing the BS they were forced to parrot.

I invite you to take some of the classes I took in high school - maybe AP Computer Science AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, or English Composition. Or you can take any of the classes I'm taking for my degree, like Linear Circuit Analysis, or Microelectronic Circuit Analysis, or Digital System Design.

I guarantee that if you believe any of that is listening to the teacher and repeating like a parrot, you'll fail out shortly after your first exam.

[Orpheus]

School basically consists of listening to the teacher and repeating like a parrot what the teacher just said using other words. Being a good parrot is about the furthest thing away from intelligence you can possibly achieve. Kids are brain-dead before they even have the chance to enter into society and learn to think for themselves.

 

I always had good grades at school but I was fully aware I was just playing their little game and making them think that I believed what they said. Most kids are never able to comprehend that and end up believing the BS they were forced to parrot.

I invite you to take some of the classes I took in high school - maybe AP Computer Science AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, or English Composition. Or you can take any of the classes I'm taking for my degree, like Linear Circuit Analysis, or Microelectronic Circuit Analysis, or Digital System Design.

I guarantee that if you believe any of that is listening to the teacher and repeating like a parrot, you'll fail out shortly after your first exam.

 

Minor nitpick, but English Composition isn't that difficult, but I digress.

 

But yeah, Ichimaru, that might apply, for what, up to middle-early high school? Try simple courses like Calculus with Analytical Geometry. Try parroting that, you'll fail before your first exam.

[Myweponsg00d]

I can understand how you feel.

 

Throughout high school I never once received a mark lower than an A- (80%).

Seriously? Until this last year (which didn't affect my college admission) and A was a 94%; now an A- is 90%. I believe grades should be reflected on a numerical scale. The GPA system has flaws that aren't consistent nationwide.

I really don't know the differences between US and Canadian grading systems, definitely a lot different though. We don't really ever actually use letter grades, but I was just giving the general conversion (A=80+, B=70-79, C=60-69, etc.)

 

We do everything on a percent scale, which is then converted straight to GPA for anyone looking to go to school in the States.

So, what is considered an A doesn't really matter. I've heard there's a lot of inconsistencies with the GPA system though, hence why I much prefer the straight up percentage scale.

 

An A is typically a 90+. B is anything 80+. C 70+ D 60+ F 59 or below

[xSxqPowerx]

Ontario gives letter grades based on what I said. A is 80%.

 

It really doesn't matter though. I've always thought the letters were pointless.

[Myweponsg00d]

Ontario gives letter grades based on what I said. A is 80%.

 

It really doesn't matter though. I've always thought the letters were pointless.

 

Why? It tells you how well you did in a class. Which should correspond to how much you learned about a topic, if the teacher is teaching properly.

[sees_all1]

Minor nitpick, but English Composition isn't that difficult, but I digress.

My English Composition was the equivalent to a college course, an ACP. If you took it at Indiana University, they'd call it W131. Writing a paper that was grammatically correct but lacked substance didn't get a good grade.