My parents instilled the belief in me that anything less than 100% was failure. I got grounded more than once for A's that weren't 100%.
Is this not correct?
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
River ,'Ariel'
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NoiseDesign - Oct 13, 2009 5:20:33 pm PDT #26279 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
Laura - Oct 13, 2009 5:21:18 pm PDT #26280 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Besides, one grade does not define you, either as a student or as a human.
It is tough for this grade whore to admit it, but the above is absolutely true. Also, those that matter would only consider a B for The Empress to mean Beautiful or Bodacious, or any number of appropriate B words.
Aims - Oct 13, 2009 5:25:56 pm PDT #26281 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Steph! Look what I found of yours!
Steph L: I will never be out of debt, and it is all because I am a cheap up-against-the-shelves textwhore.
Hil R. - Oct 13, 2009 5:28:21 pm PDT #26282 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Aims, a B is not a bad grade.
Wisdom teeth are weird.
DavidS - Oct 13, 2009 5:30:05 pm PDT #26283 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I hate them. Hate. To me they say, "Good, but not good enough." They are the stepchild of grades.
Heh. My college had a very strong anti-grade-inflation policy. You had to pretty much create carbon based life to get an A.
You had to be exceptional -- maybe (maybe!) one A per class. C was for doing all the work. B meant you did all the work and your work was interesting and well written. A meant you had done something worthy of publication in an academic journal. An A- was worthy of cartwheels.
sj - Oct 13, 2009 5:30:41 pm PDT #26284 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Aims, I love lit crit, and I'd be happy to help you revise your paper if you want the help.
amych - Oct 13, 2009 5:38:36 pm PDT #26285 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Bs are no more bad than stepfamilies!
Aims - Oct 13, 2009 5:44:04 pm PDT #26286 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I know. I've had a candy bar and my view is improving.
Not as improved as it would be with say, a pint of Cherry Garcia, but improved nonetheless.
Barb - Oct 13, 2009 5:50:26 pm PDT #26287 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Is this not correct?
Don't get me started. That type of attitude has killed the love of learning in more people than I care to remember. I may have been a hard grader as a teacher, but I also instilled such a sense of pride in my kids for the grades they earned. Of course, we're talking fourth graders, so...
meara - Oct 13, 2009 6:00:54 pm PDT #26288 of 30000
Yay for this today. I went to DSW and was sad because they had cool boots but they were half a size too small and $50 more on zappos. So then I went to the nordstrom rack where I never find shoes, an looked at clothes, and wandered to shoes and said "aren't those the boots Smonster was going to buy?" And lo and behold, they were. And half the price!
And so now I have a pair in brown and black, and I called Smonster and got her a pair in black. And since I'm in Spokane, gave no idea how I'm getimg all this home? But yay!