[lit-ideas] Re: A D is a B...
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:19:55 EST
Your system is generous. Here
anything over a 90 is an A
anything over an 80 is a B
anything over a 70 is a C
anything over a 60 is a D
below 60 is failing.
Julie Krueger
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anything over an 80 is an A
anything over 70 is a B
anything over 60 is a C
you get the idea....
Canadian transcripts have numerical grades. At least they do here...I
shouldn't speak for everyone.
My daughter was home for Christmas and we talked a bit about differences
between the apparatus of grading here at Nipissing and Brown U in Rhode
Island, where she is. A lot of their classes are simply pass/fail.
And you can drop courses up to the last day (or very nearly). Brown
wants to encourage students to try courses that they wouldn't ordinarily
attempt (because their eyes are on their GPA), so offers this out if
things go wrong.
Yes, you should have come to Canada. I haven't regretted a single day
of the 38 years I've been here.
Unless you count the Mulroney years. We vote on Monday. I hope we
don't someday have to look back and shudder at the Harper years.
Ursula
Mike Geary wrote:
> What are the letter to numeric equivalents in Canadian college
> grades? A 70 would be a D- in the States. How do you people get away
> with calling it a B-???? Now I know I should have moved to Canada.
>
> Mike Geary
> Memphis
>
>> University students offered a B-minus to drop course
>>
>> Last Updated Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:20:01 EST
>> CBC News <http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html>
>>
>> A University of Prince Edward Island lecturer makes no excuses for
>> offering students a 70 to not show up for his course. But the
>> administration gives his deal a failing grade.
>>
>> David Weale said he made the offer because the class is too big and
>> some students aren't interested in being there.
>
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