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- airwalk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38You do have a point. I feel the same way about mandatory classes that teach what I already know. Unfortunately, I'm in high school and daily homework typically makes up a large part of my grade.
@abid786: Isn't C "average", B "above average" and A superior or excellent? That's how I've understood it. - mickeyknoxxx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28A teacher has 6-8 hours to teach a student. I have never thought it was right to tell a student to do work during his own free time. What my teachers did were sit lazily behind there desks doing god knows what while we read pages out of our school books, and when it came time for the actual "Teacher having to work" part, it was "Here's an assignment do it at home. Have any questions ask your parents."
I don't think so. I'd go home and do I what I wanted to do. I felt, you want me to work on my time? pay me.
But that mentality might be how I wound up a loser. I'm still not sure. - shadus, on 10/12/2007, -8/+30I'm was all about being lazy when I was in school... but why not just be truthful? I passed with a B average and only did the major homework projects that consisted of a large part of my grade (eg: about 1 assignment per class per semester.) I flat out told the teachers that I didn't do homework because it was a meaningless waste of time designed to help the under-average student reach average levels and that for the above average student like myself it was detrimental to my development because I could better use the time reading books that would teach me additional skills or advance my knowledge on a wide variety of subjects. Some teachers actually excused me from doing homework or just pretended I did it and gave me a grade for it, others marked me off the full amount I failed to turn in but my test scores more than compensated for it.
Take personal responsibility for your actions and don't make excuses. If you do it great, if you don't do it accept that and be truthful. It may not make the teachers happy but they'll respect you and you can respect yourself. - goldfenix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16I was going to link this earlier, but Firefox lost all my bookmarks.
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13abid: umm dude, C is average, B is above average, and A is well above average.
- morandomdanu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13The grade Scale goes
A - Excellent
B - Above Average
C- Average
D - Below average, needs assistance
F - Try again next year, thanks for playing.
Some groups "Think" B is only average but in my book if you are correct 80%-90% of the time you are above average. - skyhighrockets, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Honestly the most used excuse today would have to be "My printer didn't work"
- abid786, on 10/12/2007, -22/+29"I passed with a B average" ... "for the above average student like myself"
Ever heard that the B grade is AVERAGE? Above average students are supposed to get A's ;-) - shadus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6> "I passed with a B average" ... "for the above average student like myself"
> Ever heard that the B grade is AVERAGE? Above average students are supposed to get A's ;-)
No, above average SHEEP get straight A's. My SAT/ACT scores were in the top half percent. If you don't turn in 95% of your homework... you can't get straight A's. Homework heavy classes I got C's, homework light classes I got straight A's. Shrug.
> If you don't get straight A's in school, you don't work hard enough. Poor grades = poor work ethic.
Absolutely. Why would I want to have a good work ethic though? So my employer can use me up and then get rid of me? Good call. Some of us believe in a concept known as "work smarter, not harder."
I have ZERO work ethic. We exchange things of value, my time and their money. I have no loyalty, I'm there to do a job period, if better overall compensation comes along I'm gone.
I do my job, I do it right, I do it on time, and I leave... so long as they pay my check.
The reality of it is... working for someone else will never get you anywhere though. It's a way to pay your house or car when you're being lazy instead of working for yourself.... okay-- to be fair there are jobs that you can work for someone else and be compensated enough to justify it... major league sports, some careers in the medical profession, attorneys, etc... however for the vast majority who aren't involved in similar careers the only way to truly get ahead and break out of your income bracket is to run your own business.
My grandparents and parents lived in a different work environment than I do. Now you are expendable, the globalization of the economy has made you just a liability on a tax sheet, more and more job types are being sent overseas for cheap labor. If I felt any company could be trusted I might give them loyalty, however I've yet to see a single one in ~16 years of working for myself and others. It's a lot different mindset than my parents and grandparents generation had... they could count on a job for a lifetime unless they were a ***** up. - inactive, on 09/24/2008, -5/+10It depends what you're right ABOUT 80 - 90% of the time to determine if you're above average.
That was true until teacher's caved to "grade inflation". I think it now goes:
A =Excellent
A - = Very good
B+ = above average by a smidge
B = average
C = Good luck in your life of servitude
D = You showed up more than twice
F = You didn't show up
Any teacher who isn't using this scale is hated with a passion, and is likely only around due to tenure. - trevorsm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5When I took precalculus in high school, the teacher's grading system was about 40% homework, 60% tests and quizzes. I did almost no homework and got A's on almost all of the tests and quizzes. Final grade: 60%/D.
The same thing happened when I took chemistry: I had the highest average on tests out of all of the teacher's classes (98%), but because I slacked off and stopped turning in lab reports halfway through the semester (in retrospect, that was pretty stupid of me), I ended up with an F in the class.
High school was basically complete *****. Thankfully, college is completely different (though I'm stuck in community college right now because I barely graduated from high school). - sethkinast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I was going to say... I did 1230 in 7th grade, and that was 8 years ago :P
- SillyRabbits, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm not sure I'd be bragging about a 1150 on my SAT's. In fact if you're earning B's without studying, but only get a 1150 on your SAT's, it probably says a lot about grade inflation at your school.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Chemistry: I messed up that titration... i accidentally added water to a 6 M of hydrochloric acid solution.... oh man. That ruined my day...
There wasn't one for chemistry, so I made one up. - SwissCamel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I told everyone a horse ate my thesis, never did get that doctorate....
- Le3f, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Did anyone who dugg this actually read it? most of these are so lame it's ridiculous...
- MotionAesthetic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just do your homework, you have to get used to doing the stupid ***** that the people in charge tell you to do. It doesn't magically stop when you leave school.
Unless you're incredibly lucky, "playing by my own rules" is one of the leading causes of being a total loser. - kob0724, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3As some one who has just been guaranteed $44,000 over the next four years that I will never have to pay back (if I did well at an interview it will be $52,000 over four years) because I got straight A's in High School, I must say that doing my homework did pay off.
- sysoprock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That young man has a bright career in Real Estate ahead of him.
- SirGrok, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have done this, but have never had any actual modifications or variations to the teacher's grading methods. I got (on average) Cs in high-school. I am doing well in most of my college level courses, due to the fact that there is very little fluff associated with grades.
- loup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I would very seldom do homework, I even had a math class where I never did the homework even though it was a major part of the quarterly grade, I ended up with something like C-, F, F, D+ for my quarterly grades. Our final grade for the class depended entirely on our final math test, I got a B+, one of only a handful to actually pass the final test, so my final grade was B+ for the class. I thought that was fair, but a lot of other kids in my class were pretty pissed off about it.
- SillyRabbits, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yeah, I made it halfway through the list without seeing a single funny one and decided to just stop reading at that point. They aren't funny or clever or anything. Just painfully lame...
- Y0tsuya, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Where I come from, students are graded on a bell curve. Those above average gets B- or more. Those below average gets C+ or less. C is BELOW average.
- loganhid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2its good to have a gun - no homework tonight
- arsenalplaya7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yes
- AhmedOmran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1.. or mortal danger.
- venom8599, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You probably also did poorly on the tests. If you do well enough on tests, it's usually enough to pull you back into the B range.
Also, in an ideal situation, your teacher doesn't "give" you a grade, but you merely get the grade you earn. - darlyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Reading all this (especially the Wiki pages) just consumed a couple hours of my day. Nice find!
- Niddik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My teachers would never accept those excuses. The only effective excuse is being absent.
- fatejudger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Did anyone notice the misspelled word "nucular" on #14?
- vhold, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Well, C is supposed to be average, which would be a GPA of 2, but...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_inflation
http://www.gradeinflation.com/ - chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got a 1100 in 8th grade (did the john hopkins talent search things) haha. I was dumb as hell back then.
- shadus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh it can be worthwhile if you are willing to do the work to be one of the top few (3-4) in your class. I just had other priorities... like women, socializing, sleeping, reading things that might serve as useful someday instead of the drivel they try to pass off as education in the public school system, etc.
When you goto your doctors office does that plaque on the wall saying he graduated from a medical program and passed the medical exam say where he placed relative to everyone else? ;o)
In the real world, after school... GPA means jack *****. - shadus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I was always good about doing labs... but that was during school time for us.
Just never did the "homework" ;)
College was fun, I actually learned something I hadn't already figured out in one or two classes. *shock*
Don't stress where you goto school, after you have 2-3 jobs on your resume where you went to school doesn't matter a bit unless it's one of the ivy league. - shadus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeap, but people don't like to hear that, they like to think those 13 years meant something and that the effort they expended was useful.
- dtd00d, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3@shadus
"Take personal responsibility for your actions and don't make excuses. If you do it great, if you don't do it accept that and be truthful."
Yeah but where's the fun in that? - parent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A good friend of mine in my high school would get C-D's on every single test but she meticulously did every single homework and extra credit assignment. None of the teachers would fail her because she put so much effort into her work, her excuse was she just wasn't a good test taker.
I don't think I took home a book my Junior or Senior year, let alone study or do homework, but I consistently got B's in all of my classes, some people just learn differently.
P.S. She received below an 800 on her SAT'sm I received an 1150.
I think shadus is right - Genthree, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2lol, from the unusual wikipedia articles one. Click on "oink".
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(Redirected from Pig)" - DJPurity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I actually had my dog eat my homework once in elementary school, but thankfully, I was able to get the homework from someone at the time and completed it in time for my class.
- edm1950, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Geez, people who just don't get it shouldn't be allowed to blog. This guy makes Tom Arnold seem humorous.
- diblasio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Typical lazy American students. There are parts of the world were an education is a luxury. It's such a shame some view it as a burden.
- shadus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1For the biggest risks come the biggest rewards ;o)
For average Joe though, who's paralyzed with fear about failing... they'd rather have no risks and poor rewards. Eg: $12/hr and being replaced by Haji in Gobagobastan in 10 years. - SillyRabbits, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"The way Americans learn mathematics is crazy. Random equations here and there.. Doesn't show you how to handle fractions within an equation. USes fractions within an equation. Its one huge mess.. You learn a complicated version of an equation instead of learning the simple basics so you can build into more complex ones,"
I don't know who taught you math, but that's not the normal way.... - kuzotz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1seeing that US american education system is completely different in terms of how you learn.. YOu will understand why its a burden. It prepares you for factory work. The education model of america was made during the peak of the industrial age were most americans would work in factories. Repetition, and busy work is how americans get educated... Critical thinking projects just don't exist, and very few americans right now ages 18-21 have critical thinking skills, and thy developed this on their own and not from an education.
The curriculum needs to change...
The way Americans learn mathematics is crazy. Random equations here and there.. Doesn't show you how to handle fractions within an equation. USes fractions within an equation. Its one huge mess.. You learn a complicated version of an equation instead of learning the simple basics so you can build into more complex ones, or better yet don't try to build in to it because some of the equations you see on HW and test you don't even encounter in real life, and this is coming from an Engineer.. - NervousSystem, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1My Favorite one, that isn't listed:
My Neighbor parked his car on it when I dropped it. - sandiegojoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I got a perfect score on my SAT's when I was in 3rd grade. HA! Beat that!
- Moria, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1What most people don't realise is that homework is good. It makes you do revision for your class which a lot of people wouldn't otherwise do.
Although having said that, I may have to use one of these tomorrow.
www.duggmirror.com
Seems to be down... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2If you don't get straight A's in school, you don't work hard enough. Poor grades = poor work ethic.
- sandiegojoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0And also of being extremely successful......
- MotionAesthetic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0 Not meant to be a specific reply...
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