I usually let BabyGeeding play with my cellphone, but yesterday she actually managed to unlock it and call SisterGeeding in NYC.
The metal part of the pencil that is by the erase is called the ferrule.
I often hear high school students who have a GPA that is higher than the scale maximum. For instance, a student may have a 4.3 on a 4 point scale or a 5.5 on a 5 point scale. I know this usually occurs because the student is taking some kind of honors or gifted class that adds additional points on to their final grade because of the ‘challenging’ work. If it’s possible to make a grade higher than the maximum on the ranking system, then I highly question the integrity of the ranking system.
When you factor in the 10 percent rule for state colleges it gets out of hand. A 4.5 at Paschal still isn't in the top 10 percent. It has made people seriously consider moving to horrible school district just to get their children, who are actually making all A's, get in the top 10 percent. Insane.
1) Andrea Bogart, the "Marcel AT&T" commercial weather girl, isn't on the screen for long but she definitely makes a big impression, a couple of them.
2) I listened to a professor from Pepperdine explain American legal theory for all lands in the U.S. belonging to the government and not to Native Americans. It came from a common law principle when John Cabot claimed North America for England as he sailed down the East Coast in the early 1500's. It "legally" became a property of England because the underlying rule was that Cabot, an Englishman, could legitimately claim any "undiscovered" lands belonging to heathens for England. Heathens were defined as "non-Christian". China and India could not be claimed because they were already discovered. This position was affirmed in a Supreme Court case blocking Native Americans in Illinois from selling their land to white settlers because the land was deemed as belonging to the American government and not to Native Americans.
Enter text right here!thnaks for sharing the Micheal Irvin speech…big "U" fan and even bigger fan of Irvin…..hard to find anyone more passionate about the game of football than him. He had faults, but still loves the game.
By the way long time reader but first time post comment deal…thanks
I understand your frustration with the grading system, but what would you propose as an alternative? Do you think that an A in a regular-level class should be worth the same number of points as an A in a college-level biology class? If so, where is the incentive to take more challenging classes? How would you differentiate among all the smart kids who coast in regular-level classes and all finish with a 4.0?
My high school used an even weirder system. It split each letter grade into three levels (e.g. A+, A, and A-) with different points for each. An A+ in a regular class earned 9 points, in an honors class 12, and in a remedial class 6. Our valedictorian's GPA was over 11. The top 10 graduates all had GPAs over 10, I believe.
I can't tell if you sound more like a manager or a parent who says don't complain about something unless you have a solution to fix it. 😉
I haven't given it a lot of thought, I just I think it's silly that GPA's can exceeding their maximum ranking. Off hand, I say give no additional points on a grade for taking honor or GT classes so that everyone is on an equal grading scale; and after the grade place a I, II, or III to designate the number of honor courses taken. So if we are talking a 5.0 scale and a student took just a few honor courses, that student would have something like a 4.33 I. If a student took a lot of honor courses, then it would read something like 4.33 III. If a student took no honor classes, then the GPA would just be 4.33. The I, II, and III would designate the number of honor course loads, and of course that would need to be properly categorized.
So if a college admission person was looking two applicants, Jack with a 4.9 and Jill with a 4.5 III, then then the college admin dude would know that even though Jack has a higher GPA, Jill had a tougher course load which needs to be taken in consideration.
That's all I can come up with thinking about it for two minutes.
When you factor in the 10 percent rule for state colleges it gets out of hand. A 4.5 at Paschal still isn't in the top 10 percent. It has made people seriously consider moving to horrible school district just to get their children, who are actually making all A's, get in the top 10 percent. Insane.
1) Andrea Bogart, the "Marcel AT&T" commercial weather girl, isn't on the screen for long but she definitely makes a big impression, a couple of them.
2) I listened to a professor from Pepperdine explain American legal theory for all lands in the U.S. belonging to the government and not to Native Americans. It came from a common law principle when John Cabot claimed North America for England as he sailed down the East Coast in the early 1500's. It "legally" became a property of England because the underlying rule was that Cabot, an Englishman, could legitimately claim any "undiscovered" lands belonging to heathens for England. Heathens were defined as "non-Christian". China and India could not be claimed because they were already discovered. This position was affirmed in a Supreme Court case blocking Native Americans in Illinois from selling their land to white settlers because the land was deemed as belonging to the American government and not to Native Americans.
Enter text right here!thnaks for sharing the Micheal Irvin speech…big "U" fan and even bigger fan of Irvin…..hard to find anyone more passionate about the game of football than him. He had faults, but still loves the game.
By the way long time reader but first time post comment deal…thanks
Tell WifeGeeding to give Morton his toe back!
I understand your frustration with the grading system, but what would you propose as an alternative? Do you think that an A in a regular-level class should be worth the same number of points as an A in a college-level biology class? If so, where is the incentive to take more challenging classes? How would you differentiate among all the smart kids who coast in regular-level classes and all finish with a 4.0?
My high school used an even weirder system. It split each letter grade into three levels (e.g. A+, A, and A-) with different points for each. An A+ in a regular class earned 9 points, in an honors class 12, and in a remedial class 6. Our valedictorian's GPA was over 11. The top 10 graduates all had GPAs over 10, I believe.
I can't tell if you sound more like a manager or a parent who says don't complain about something unless you have a solution to fix it. 😉
I haven't given it a lot of thought, I just I think it's silly that GPA's can exceeding their maximum ranking. Off hand, I say give no additional points on a grade for taking honor or GT classes so that everyone is on an equal grading scale; and after the grade place a I, II, or III to designate the number of honor courses taken. So if we are talking a 5.0 scale and a student took just a few honor courses, that student would have something like a 4.33 I. If a student took a lot of honor courses, then it would read something like 4.33 III. If a student took no honor classes, then the GPA would just be 4.33. The I, II, and III would designate the number of honor course loads, and of course that would need to be properly categorized.
So if a college admission person was looking two applicants, Jack with a 4.9 and Jill with a 4.5 III, then then the college admin dude would know that even though Jack has a higher GPA, Jill had a tougher course load which needs to be taken in consideration.
That's all I can come up with thinking about it for two minutes.