They have in Quebec. Friggin' shit hole. Or are about to in high school. It's ridiculous. Now parents don't even know how their kids are faring compared to others. It's simply gonna be the teacher's appreciation, and nothing else. :eyeball:
At least they won't touch higher education.
I see desire in those eyes. You want me. Dead, I know, but it's desire nonetheless.
They'll learn. I guess. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out GPA. I'm sure old people will take at most a month or two. It's new now, it'll be old news shortly.
"compared to others"? So they're posting entire class/school grades now? Way too much pressure...
As it should be. If you aren't getting good grades for yourself, there's no point really. I don't exactly see how switching to GPA based grading will suddenly make every student a slacker.It's simply gonna be the teacher's appreciation, and nothing else. :eyeball:
At least they won't touch higher education.
Or how having parents unsure of their children's standings somehow means the children will stop trying. Or that the parents will stop caring or attempting to assist the students (hey, if the students are having problems they most likely would go to their parents, poor grades or not)
Of course, that could just be my experience. Not many students I knew were in it to please the parents. From my memory anyway.
Been a while since a man looked at you like this eh? Enjoy it while you still can.I see desire in those eyes. You want me. Dead, I know, but it's desire nonetheless.
Your head would look nice mounted over my fireplace.
There was this thing called ranks back in the day. If you were in the first rank, it meant you were good. (Duh.) That is to say, if the whole group sucked, even though your grade would be bad, you'd still be doing better than others, and it would be taken into account when deciding on how well you did during the whole year. Think of it this way: if the teacher sucked, maybe your 60% would have been worth 80 to another.
What?As it should be. If you aren't getting good grades for yourself, there's no point really. I don't exactly see how switching to GPA based grading will suddenly make every student a slacker.
EDIT: Oh my, I seem to have mislead you. My bad. Teacher's appreciation = evaluation that's merely comprised of a few comments. I.E. no actual grades on the report cards.
Lemme rephrase. NO GRADES.
Now, unless you're happy to know your teacher thinks you're doing well, you'll really prefer knowing how well you're doing. Sorry to break it down to you, but that's how life goes. If you suck more than the next guy, you won't go further than he will. Yes, I see the pun to be made. And, frankly, I like to know I'm doing better than others. It's a form of motivation for most.
Huh? Drop the crack pipe, kthnx.Or how having parents unsure of their children's standings somehow means the children will stop trying. Or that the parents will stop caring or attempting to assist the students (hey, if the students are having problems they most likely would go to their parents, poor grades or not)
You seem to be forgetting that caring parents actually wonder how well their kids are doing, and that for them to be looking at "Ray has made progress, he's now doing better" means as much as is said, but doesn't really tell anything worthwhile. In other words, you could be the dumbest fuck ever, but you did slightly better. Thing is, the kid will develop a false sense of security towards his education while the poor child is just running towards a wall. (Yes, I'm aware that this is an extreme case, but it's to make the point that having grades is better than a mere teacher's appreciation. In my time, we had both. It was all fine, but they [the governmental pencil pushers] seem to think that grading kids is now a bad thing. Fuck them. In the end, it's the kid who pays for it all.) Why? Because there won't be any retaking of classes. Hell, it was already a trend to pass kids when I was in highschool. If you suck, you'll still move on. Then, when you reach college, you're fucked. True story. The French evaluation (obligatory for entering university) requires you to make one mistake every 24 or 30 words. A lot of people don't make it. It's not normal. My French was/is horrible, and I still was able to make 1/300 something. It's astonishing to see students unable to do anything and freak out because they don't know the basics that are required for certain classes. /rantOf course, that could just be my experience. Not many students I knew were in it to please the parents. From my memory anyway.
With a knife, yes.Been a while since a man looked at you like this eh? Enjoy it while you still can.
Your ass would look nice mounted over my fireplace.
Fixed.
/ends thread hijack
Last edited by Evans; 6th-June-2007 at 04:27.
If you want to know how much im worth well... ; Thats an easy question to answer. Im priceless, too much for any mind to grasp.
You are worth exactly $2,196,056
Wow... :\
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Hey guys! I haven't been on in about a year.
I'm worth...$2,849,278
Day After Yesterday
You are worth exactly $1,821,064
A few things I didn't answer. SAT, GPA, I answered IQ though. 208K for that, nice! =P
$2,272,662
My IQ (136) and SAT score (1422) were worth almost $275,000 combined.
How about a top list, shall we?
- Evans - $2,849,664
- Sting - $2,849,278
- Dinoman - $2,710,568
- Strongbad - $2,648,994
- Cheezymadman - $2,272,662
- Galcian - $2,196,056
- Adsij - $2,095,046
- Banned - $2,016,836
- Ray - $1,873,848
- Darth - $1,846,050
- Polobunny - $1,821,064
- Sprung - $1,793,126
- Mikey - $1,446,000
- Mistral - $1,048,000
For the record, the maximum value attainable is around $3,500,000
Got $2,301,428. Had to guess the inches and shit, and figured I had went a little short on both shoe and penis size so I gave myself a bit above average iq (couldn't be bothered with a test). Would've aced the How-Dumb-Am-I Shit if it hadn't been for one "american" question, I forget which one, but it was probably easy. Haven't taken an SAT but I've scored awesomely when taking old tests (this here being the kind of SAT we have in Sweden), so I gave myself a fairly good result, not great. GPA might've been slightly too high, who knows. Oh, and the damn thing listed me as a smoker, that's not what I said.
Edit: Why does knowing more than one language give you 0 $? Oh, I got zero for being left handed too, but I'm actually neither, it's just that I write with my left hand, so I went with that.
Last edited by Elmdor Rizer; 9th-July-2007 at 00:45.
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