Comments on: Be a Pure Learner… but only if you’re rich http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/ Take No Prisoners Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: butt head http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-1174 butt head Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:25:11 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-1174 Forgive ME, but more about the subject, please!! You are going away from the topic too frequently, therefore it is uneasy to read your posts. Forgive ME, but more about the subject, please!! You are going away from the topic too frequently, therefore it is uneasy to read your posts.

]]> By: rouenpucelle http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-578 rouenpucelle Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:23:13 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-578 I love this entry. I'm just going to be persnickety and mention that "criteria" is the plural form of "criterion." I love this entry. I’m just going to be persnickety and mention that “criteria” is the plural form of “criterion.”

]]> By: thruthik http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-577 thruthik Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:32:26 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-577 "“try applying to MIT for a Ph. D. in Computer Science with a C average and see how far you get” For that matter, try applying to MIT for a Ph. D. in Computer Science with a 4.0 and see how far that gets you" well i bet you're too stupid to get a C average and apply in MIT for a Ph.D. ““try applying to MIT for a Ph. D. in Computer Science with a C average and see how far you get”

For that matter, try applying to MIT for a Ph. D. in Computer Science with a 4.0 and see how far that gets you”

well i bet you’re too stupid to get a C average and apply in MIT for a Ph.D.

]]> By: theblacksentinel http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-576 theblacksentinel Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:24:49 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-576 "this “article” is more bullshit than anything it tries to tackle. i dont usually have problems with these subjective grading processes because i usually get above 90% on any of the tests i take. maybe this is because i focus on my studies (god no!) instead of bitching about a long standing institution’s methodology." "less bitching, more reading." You have to start somewhere. I mean if people are "bitching" then maybe things need to be looked at. Just because you get 90% means that people should ignore a complaint from others. Also, have you taken into account that this bias in grading affects more than people who don't study. My sister who is a straight "A" student (get a 90%) don't make her laugh, had a teacher that told her straight up at the beginning of the school year, that she would fail her class no matter what! And no matter that my sister dominated on her assignments, tests etc. the teacher gave her an "F". There was an investigation and the teacher was reprimanded but what about people who don't have someone to go to bat for them. “this “article” is more bullshit than anything it tries to tackle. i dont usually have problems with these subjective grading processes because i usually get above 90% on any of the tests i take. maybe this is because i focus on my studies (god no!) instead of bitching about a long standing institution’s methodology.”

“less bitching, more reading.”

You have to start somewhere. I mean if people are “bitching” then maybe things need to be looked at. Just because you get 90% means that people should ignore a complaint from others. Also, have you taken into account that this bias in grading affects more than people who don’t study. My sister who is a straight “A” student (get a 90%) don’t make her laugh, had a teacher that told her straight up at the beginning of the school year, that she would fail her class no matter what! And no matter that my sister dominated on her assignments, tests etc. the teacher gave her an “F”. There was an investigation and the teacher was reprimanded but what about people who don’t have someone to go to bat for them.

]]> By: jk http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-575 jk Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:49:39 +0000 http://thewaronbullshit.com/2007/07/26/bad-grades2/#comment-575 "Can’t one do both? Is there something wrong with working within a system while also trying to improve it?" Yes, that is what I am trying to say. Those who are successful should not be blind to the flaws and shortcomings of a system that affects them, their children, and the people as a whole. “Can’t one do both? Is there something wrong with working within a system while also trying to improve it?”

Yes, that is what I am trying to say. Those who are successful should not be blind to the flaws and shortcomings of a system that affects them, their children, and the people as a whole.

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