yes did good in school this semseter after sweating it...

[missy2014]

Hi Demi, I do like your woolly hat and scarf by the way.

I do too but I was trying not to call her cute again

 

[Depleted]

If this is correct than I got (this was a long time age by the way we did less subjects then
I think schools try to cram in many more now).

Aged 16

Geography 3
History 4 (loved history!)
Art 2 (art teacher was very eccentric!)
Biology 3
Maths 4 (loved the maths teacher!)
English 3
Physics 1 (hated the physics teacher everyone did! I just scrapped by with a pass)

So would that be 2.8?


Then I stayed on in 6th form (age 16-18) and did a Business and technical education
course which had 4 parts to it 4 different units in one course:
business Maths,
business English,
Finance,
then a practical mode which taught typing, computer skills,
short hand (although I can't remember any of that now it was like Chinese), banking,
etc.


You had to pass every part of the 4 modes. If you failed any subject you failed the entire course.
I passed with distinction which would have been the equivalent to getting four A scores.
So I suppose that would be 4?


PE wasn't even a graded subject but you could do PE if you wanted as a soft leisure
option. I hated PE at school shared showers and changing rooms. No thank you.

I did my own PE I use to do trampolining at a local sports centre and also cycled
100s of miles in my teens with my brother. It was far better than anything school had to
offer.

Your GPA (Grade Point Average) at 16 was 2.9. (We round up.) So you were a solid B average. Bad news though -- PE does count over here. A real bummer since I couldn't do a somersault even when I was young without going down a hill, and in PE they wouldn't provide the hill. lol (Fortunately, we had things like fencing and archery. Also, simply because I was big, I was good at throwing stuff for track. I may take 13 seconds to run 50 meters, but I could toss a shot put, discus or javelin almost as far as the average guy could. I've got eye-hand coordination. I just have no kinetic awareness, balance, or speed. I aced stuff that didn't take flexibility or speed and failed when it was required, which landed me a steady C for the year.)

Hubby got a bad English teacher in 10th Grade. The type of teacher who told the students what their grades would be on the first day of class, and he didn't like Polish people. (My mom had one of those in college too. Bad news since she had a German last name and it was at the end of WWII.) So, hubby (before he was hubby) was told he would fail. The first year, he proved the teacher how wrong he was, but failed anyway. The second year, hubby got stuck with the same teacher, so didn't try. The third year, hubby quit and joined the Navy. Hubby couldn't pass 10th grade because one English teacher decided he wouldn't. You have to pass English, Math, History and one other subject (I forget which) to pass on to the next grade in the States.

Years later he went for his GED (an equivalent to a diploma.) He never had to study for it and passed easily. So, he had the knowledge of someone with all the schooling required in the States, but still couldn't pass. This still annoys me because he can read and understand people like Van Til, Gordon Clark, and John Owen. I've got a college degree in Communications and I can't.

 

[Miri]

I've often thought that exams aren't the best way of testing a person.
Maybe in maths and english they might be ok at testing logic, understanding
and problem solving. Most other subjects are just a test of your short term
memory. Lol

At 16 I think I spent half an hour, maybe an hour just before each exam revising!
I wasn't very good at studying for exams there always seemed to be something
more interesting to do, so I know how Fran feels.

Then at 18 when I did the BTEC exams it sort of dawned on me that I would be out
in the big wide world soon so I scared myself into revising. Although you can't
revise typing and some other things. Anyway I did better.

Funny thing is I've forgotten a lot of it over the years (so it really was a test of
short term memory after all) but then life experience takes over instead.

PE is a strange thing to grade on, it's just a measure of how fit you are in your
school years. I suppose it is the government's way of trying to ensure that people
are fit at some point in life. I was probably one of the fittest people in my year with
all that cycling and trampolining outside of school. But at only 5' 1" most others
towered above me, so I was useless at more tradition school team games, like volley
ball, athletics, long jump etc. I would have got a C of D in PE if it was graded, just
for being short!

 

[Demi777]

its soo big I can use it as a blanket hehehe

Hi Demi, I do like your woolly hat and scarf by the way.

 

[Depleted]

I've often thought that exams aren't the best way of testing a person.
Maybe in maths and english they might be ok at testing logic, understanding
and problem solving. Most other subjects are just a test of your short term
memory. Lol

At 16 I think I spent half an hour, maybe an hour just before each exam revising!
I wasn't very good at studying for exams there always seemed to be something
more interesting to do, so I know how Fran feels.

Then at 18 when I did the BTEC exams it sort of dawned on me that I would be out
in the big wide world soon so I scared myself into revising. Although you can't
revise typing and some other things. Anyway I did better.

Funny thing is I've forgotten a lot of it over the years (so it really was a test of
short term memory after all) but then life experience takes over instead.

PE is a strange thing to grade on, it's just a measure of how fit you are in your
school years. I suppose it is the government's way of trying to ensure that people
are fit at some point in life. I was probably one of the fittest people in my year with
all that cycling and trampolining outside of school. But at only 5' 1" most others
towered above me, so I was useless at more tradition school team games, like volley
ball, athletics, long jump etc. I would have got a C of D in PE if it was graded, just
for being short!

Meh. Sometimes height doesn't help. Got a D in long jump. Was good at volleyball, but because of height. When I slam a ball in your face, you feel it. Spiking down with lots of space to increase speed. lol

Sadly I was good at tackling in football too. (I don't think your version of football has tackling, so...) Until tenth grade, every guy was much shorter than I was so I just plunged through them with my arms folded in front of me like a cow-catcher on the front of a train. 100 pounds versus 165 pounds guaranteed who'd win that contest. BUT girls never had football in PE. I'm thankful for that once the guys caught up, but geesh! Why not get graded when I could do it to any guy?

 

[Depleted]

its soo big I can use it as a blanket hehehe

I crocheted myself a ten-foot scarf. If I don't wrap it around my neck twice, it trails. lol

One of the first hats I ever crocheted was so big, I was tempted to give it to the Big Show. I feared it would be too big for him though.

 

[Angela53510]

First, congratulations! Keep up the good work next semester.

You might improve your grades by learning English grammar. The title should read!

Yes! I did WELL in school this semester, after sweating it!

The word "good" is an adjective. It needs to describe a noun. It is not doing that in your title.

The word "well" is an adverb. It can describe an adjective, adverb or verb.

In this case, the word is describing the verb, "did" so WELL is needed. Ask the question "did how?" "did well!" (In school, the prepositional phrase following, is not the word being modified by the word "well.")

You can google it for more examples. I know in American vernacular, good is used in many places where the adverb well is needed. But that doesn't make it right. And teachers generally mark down on this kind of misuse of English, along with a lot of other fussy stuff.

But, in any case, 3.50 is still a good GPA. It is not a B+ in Canada. Our system includes pluses and minuses.


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[TD]3.7[/TD]
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[TD]2.7[/TD]
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[TD]2.3[/TD]
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[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]C[/TH]
[TD]2.0[/TD]
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[TD]1.7[/TD]
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[TD]1.3[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
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[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]D[/TH]
[TD]1.0[/TD]
[TD]Minimum general passing letter grade to receive credit for a course. Certain faculties may require higher grades to receive course credit.[/TD]
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[TD]0.0[/TD]
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I went to university in BC, and we used this system. SFU gave 4.3 for A+s, which helped keep me in tuition repayment scholarships. My seminary used this system, but not for the A+. So that extra work counted for nothing. Ok, it was good to work harder and learn more.

My daughter feels that 4.3 overinflates the GPA. But, if every post secondary institution used it, it would be fair.

As far as exams, I hated them, because I would study myself into a frenzy. It was so stressful. BUT, I will admit, I learned a lot more than if an exam was required. Ditto for term papers. Those were the best learning experience for me.

 

[Miri]

Angela you are highly intelligent are you sure you didn't get an A +++

 

[Angela53510]

Angela you are highly intelligent are you sure you didn't get an A +++

I used to regularly get over 100% for my final mark, by doing the extra assignments for extra credit. But, it was only an A+. Not fair, I agree. Besides, a lot of school is about hard work! Not just being smart. A smart person can fail if they don't work hard, and an average student can do very well, if they put in the effort.

Just my experience!

 

[tourist]

2.75 GPA, and that only because I took another course after I graduated. 3.5 is a WOW!!!!

My GPA was 2.75 also. It probably could've been higher but I was working full time and going to school full time. I was sometimes slack about doing the homework, mainly because I was tired. A 3.5 GPA is awesome.