STAR TREK

[Sheilbh]

Wow America is harsh.

Or easy.

[jimmy olsen]

I enjoyed it. It was a bit predictable in all the wrong places though. And the Romulans seemed like part dirty mexican/part mobster. I did not care for Captain Nero at all.

Really? I totally didn't expect the bad guys plan to be successful.

[DontSayBanana]

[snip incoherent Grumbler rant]

If you bothered reading my post, I was talking about the grading system Tim would use. Elementary schools and junior high schools use the 7-point scale all the time. I wasn't talking about college; all the college courses I've seen were either 10-point scale, flat letter grade, or pass/fail.

[Grey Fox]

Using letters is retarded anyway.

[grumbler]

(snip defensive DSB whine that still managed to be insulting on a juvenile basis)

If you had bothered reading my post, you would have seen that I noted never having seen the 7-point scale before, and asked where you had gotten it (and the title of "Traditional US Grading Tutorial").  Whining that Tim may use a seven-point scale (when, in fact, he may not) isn't an answer to the question.

If you don't want to answer the question, fine.  But don't attribute your failure to answer on the argument that there was anything "incoherent" about:

1. "I've never heard of the "Traditional US Grading Tutorial" (nor is it in google) nor have I ever (AFAICR) taken a course below college level that used anything like this scale."

2. "Kinda curious where you got it from" or

3. "This "modified" grading scale (it isn't a grading "method") is called the College Board Grading Scale and is used pretty much uniformly throughout the US."

[grumbler]

Using letters is retarded anyway.

Calling the use of letter grades "retarded" is retarded.

It is all arbitrary.  So long as any system is understood, it works.

[Grey Fox]

Using letters is retarded anyway.

Calling the use of letter grades "retarded" is retarded.

It is all arbitrary.  So long as any system is understood, it works.

Alright.

Is it understood tho? A's is excellent, C's alright & D's failure no? but it seems the grading % doesn't quite show that.

In school, I always tried to get above 70.

[Caliga]

Ok, she was hott.

The Borg Queen was much hotter when she was a banshee in Ghost Story.

[Caliga]

In school, I always tried to get above 70.

errr... in school, I always tried to get above 99. 

[Grey Fox]

In school, I always tried to get above 70.

errr... in school, I always tried to get above 99. 

I was never an over achiever.

[Razgovory]

[snip incoherent Grumbler rant]

If you bothered reading my post, I was talking about the grading system Tim would use. Elementary schools and junior high schools use the 7-point scale all the time. I wasn't talking about college; all the college courses I've seen were either 10-point scale, flat letter grade, or pass/fail.

What the fuck are you talkin about?

[Ed Anger]

In school, I always tried to get above 70.

errr... in school, I always tried to get above 99. 

I always did the extra credit too, so I could be lazy later.

[Caliga]

I was never an over achiever.

How is that being an overachiever? 

Oh wait, I forgot: French. 

"Mais oui, we should have a better army so we can stop being conquered by the Germans every generation."
"OVERACHIEVER!"

[Grey Fox]

I am NOT : Zoupa.

[Caliga]

I am NOT : Zoupa.

Your blood has: the taint.