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bad jane · 08-08-2005, 09:03 AM

depends on the level of education. up to college level, a c was a bad grade for me. i wouldn't have been punished for it, but i'd have been ashamed. a's were expected, b's were ok if they were few and far between. that was my personal standard. school was not difficult and i didn't have to work that hard. pretty much just show up and i could get an a. i didn't have to study because book learning came easy to me. all my classes were honor and above. the one time i didn't have an honors class (one wasn't offered, they had phased it out) was for freshman english. the teacher took 4 of us and put us in the back of the room--we had a seperate lesson plan and taught ourselves the material. she answered questions and went over things with us while the rest of the class was doing their busy work. this was awesome--really pushed us to do our best and rather than being spoon-fed information we had to learn it on our own. by far, the absolute best class i've ever taken at any level of education.

then came college. i was preoccupied with the social aspect and grades weren't as important to me. my first semester was a wake-up call and i learned my lesson. i had to attend class and i had to do the homework--no more one or the other. granted, i still didn't bother to study but i could still pull off mostly b's with a few a's and the rare c thrown in for good measure. exception to a&p lab which you didn't get credit for but the tests were impossible, i literally memorized the chapter the night before taking the weekly exams in order to get a's and b's--the fail rate for lab was insane and since it was required (but you didn't get credit for it) we lost a lot of students due to that one. granted, i couldn't tell you half of anything from it since i didn't actually "learn" anything, but my grades were good. i was more forgiving of a c simply because i didn't feel that i needed good grades in college like i did in high school. if i felt i knew the material, i was happy regardless of the grade.

as to what i'd expect of my (non-existent) children--depends on the kid. if they were like me, i'd have high expectations and a c would be bad. if they were like my nephew (who really struggles with school) then i'd be ok with it because i'd know it wasn't for lack of effort.

08-08-2005, 09:03 AM	#43 (permalink)
bad jane Insane	depends on the level of education. up to college level, a c was a bad grade for me. i wouldn't have been punished for it, but i'd have been ashamed. a's were expected, b's were ok if they were few and far between. that was my personal standard. school was not difficult and i didn't have to work that hard. pretty much just show up and i could get an a. i didn't have to study because book learning came easy to me. all my classes were honor and above. the one time i didn't have an honors class (one wasn't offered, they had phased it out) was for freshman english. the teacher took 4 of us and put us in the back of the room--we had a seperate lesson plan and taught ourselves the material. she answered questions and went over things with us while the rest of the class was doing their busy work. this was awesome--really pushed us to do our best and rather than being spoon-fed information we had to learn it on our own. by far, the absolute best class i've ever taken at any level of education. then came college. i was preoccupied with the social aspect and grades weren't as important to me. my first semester was a wake-up call and i learned my lesson. i had to attend class and i had to do the homework--no more one or the other. granted, i still didn't bother to study but i could still pull off mostly b's with a few a's and the rare c thrown in for good measure. exception to a&p lab which you didn't get credit for but the tests were impossible, i literally memorized the chapter the night before taking the weekly exams in order to get a's and b's--the fail rate for lab was insane and since it was required (but you didn't get credit for it) we lost a lot of students due to that one. granted, i couldn't tell you half of anything from it since i didn't actually "learn" anything, but my grades were good. i was more forgiving of a c simply because i didn't feel that i needed good grades in college like i did in high school. if i felt i knew the material, i was happy regardless of the grade. as to what i'd expect of my (non-existent) children--depends on the kid. if they were like me, i'd have high expectations and a c would be bad. if they were like my nephew (who really struggles with school) then i'd be ok with it because i'd know it wasn't for lack of effort.