The Grading Curve
One of the required courses for undergrad students in my state is a Survey course of U.S. History. I decided to take one that covered up to 1877 C.E.. Well in the first week of class I managed to make some really stupid sounding comments and ask some questions that were pretty obvious, and from that point on my classmates seemed to disregard things I'd say in group study, or during lecture simply because of that first impression. At first was a bit put off by it, my pride was hurt, but then I decided to roll with it. I made a point of saying moderately stupid things and arguing with my classmates (when the professor wasn't lecturing of course) that I was right no matter how much evidence was against me. Well last week we had our first real test. The average before she applied the curve was somewhere around 80%. My score was 100% before adding the extra credit, thus throwing the curve way off. I think this is by definition trolled hard.
| I'd say in group study |
...so they don't ignore you fully, if they do invite/let you group-study with them...
And as far as the curve goes: well, should you on purpose make error so that your classmates can get a higher curving? come on...
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Eh, the group study is in class. It's supposed to be team building. But anyways, the point was to establish my self as an idiot and then blow away the curve, mostly because the class is tediously easy and I'm the kind of ass-hole who would mildly mess with others for his own amusement.
I was also the kind of guy to speak up a lot in class and irritate his classmates.
Here is an advice a fellow graduate student gave to me:
"Better keep quiet and be considered the silent fool, than open our mouth and remove all doubt about it!"
He was one of the three people who had often grades higher then mine. That was, out of a class of five people.
Go to grad school, you will find out there are a lot more pricks out there besides you ;)
Here is an advice a fellow graduate student gave to me:
"Better keep quiet and be considered the silent fool, than open our mouth and remove all doubt about it!"
He was one of the three people who had often grades higher then mine. That was, out of a class of five people.
Go to grad school, you will find out there are a lot more pricks out there besides you ;)
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I used to be the guy who did next-to-no work and still did moderately well, but now I'm the guy who got really bad grades in spite of his intelligence and has less than a year to turn it around by working hard.
@tition; I'm sure there are, but I'll enjoy my fun while I can :D
@chrisname; story of my life man, story of my life. Well pre-university that is.
@chrisname; story of my life man, story of my life. Well pre-university that is.
If I manage to turn myself around I should be in university around this time next year... I can't wait. I'll be studying computer science, hopefully at Kent university. I just hope I manage to get the grades...
Good luck, I know I needed it my senior year. My best advice is take this experience as a lesson and never let your self fall into old habits at Uni.
Lesson learned :P
I did pretty poorly on my GCSEs (exams taken at age 16 in England) and I'm currently set to do even worse on my GCEs (exams taken at 17/18 in England). I actually did really well for the first month or two of GCEs, but I burned out. I worked really hard, and then lost my motivation. I'm going to be careful of that this time, so I'm aiming for "hard worker" rather than "soulless zombie" since the former is more sustainable and therefore better in the long run.
I did pretty poorly on my GCSEs (exams taken at age 16 in England) and I'm currently set to do even worse on my GCEs (exams taken at 17/18 in England). I actually did really well for the first month or two of GCEs, but I burned out. I worked really hard, and then lost my motivation. I'm going to be careful of that this time, so I'm aiming for "hard worker" rather than "soulless zombie" since the former is more sustainable and therefore better in the long run.
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I don't think that I fit into any categories when I went to college...didn't have the time to earn a label with work and the practicum evaluation (and the women over in the CS division ['specially that redhead... Elena... hope she doesn't frequent this forum.]).
Regarding grade curves, I like how my collision repair instructor did it: No Curve. That prevents the incompetent from getting out into the workforce with a degree. Degrees should be earned, not bought.
Regarding grade curves, I like how my collision repair instructor did it: No Curve. That prevents the incompetent from getting out into the workforce with a degree. Degrees should be earned, not bought.
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When I was in high school I barely did any work, always got moderate degrees. In the final examinations I did pretty well though, partly because I actually did something back then, and partly because the exams were for the most part insultingly easy.
From what my lecturers said, my university uses them. That's in Wales, but it's probably the same throughout the UK (well in England and Wales anyway...)
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