As a 90s public school kid, ours was 90-100 was an A, 80-89 was a B, 70-79 was a C, 60-69 for D and anything less than that was failing. This is terrifying.
You are absolutely correct about this being how our kids are being dumbed down. My grading scale was just like yours. To think 84 is an A is ridiculous.
The other thing that I completely disagree with is how GPAs now exceed 4.0, which used to be the perfect GPA but now with AP classes in schools, GPAs have changed as well. I've seen AP classes put too much stress on kids trying to get into college, especially if they are trying for scholarships. School is school and college is college, plain and simple to me.
Watching many years of the TV show The Profit has instilled the dictum to "know your numbers". I'll resort to an AI answer here, as a crutch:
To achieve a 25% net margin, a business typically requires a high gross margin, generally in the range of 50% to 80%, depending on the industry and operational overhead.
Indeed, 86% gross margin is excellent. A textbook example of super-high (> 100%) gross margins is that of Microsoft, back in the 80s, when they discovered that the cost of a marginal software sale was simply printing and shipping an addition CD ROM. Promoting CD ROM players was a rare case in which they got into hardware business side of things as grease for their software wheels.
My acumen in anticipating hot new business trends is below average, I'm afraid.
Besides the mind boggling grade ranges, why on earth are the intervals overlapping? Uniqueness requires that the intervals be non-overlapping. How exactly are 84, 64, 44, and 24% supposed to be mapped?
I'd like to say that the TV backroom editor who put the slide together failed math class in public school. But he was probably passed upward with a series of Fs.
When you were in school 2+2 was 4 now you add 1 +1+1+1+2-2. This is moronic math. No memorizing, no basic understanding specifically designed to destroy kids and make them feel stupid. It’s not them it’s unions and liberals. Dump the laptops and return to paper and pencil until basics are learned and learned well.
Irish, 50’s. An A was 90+, a B was 80+, a C was 60+, a D (or pass) was 40+. The goal was to get as many A and B’s as possible to get into college.
These days I think you just need a pulse.
We also had normal and Higher versions of each subject.
Fun fact, my wife is doing a PHD, before that she did a degree where several “students” had learing difficulties and were actually given the questions!!! One of the retards still failed and is now a permanent LGBT liaison fixture on the payroll.
In the store today, two kids (maybe around 9 yrs old) were looking at sports drinks that were 2 for $7. I asked them what one of them would cost, and they couldn't figure it out.
As a 90s public school kid, ours was 90-100 was an A, 80-89 was a B, 70-79 was a C, 60-69 for D and anything less than that was failing. This is terrifying.
That's called "grading on the curve."
Helluva curve.
The Bell Curve?
You are absolutely correct about this being how our kids are being dumbed down. My grading scale was just like yours. To think 84 is an A is ridiculous.
The other thing that I completely disagree with is how GPAs now exceed 4.0, which used to be the perfect GPA but now with AP classes in schools, GPAs have changed as well. I've seen AP classes put too much stress on kids trying to get into college, especially if they are trying for scholarships. School is school and college is college, plain and simple to me.
84% in business means you are going bankrupt.
Not if 84% represents your gross profit margin.
If you ever find a business making more than 25%, give me a shout.
Watching many years of the TV show The Profit has instilled the dictum to "know your numbers". I'll resort to an AI answer here, as a crutch:
Indeed, 86% gross margin is excellent. A textbook example of super-high (> 100%) gross margins is that of Microsoft, back in the 80s, when they discovered that the cost of a marginal software sale was simply printing and shipping an addition CD ROM. Promoting CD ROM players was a rare case in which they got into hardware business side of things as grease for their software wheels.
My acumen in anticipating hot new business trends is below average, I'm afraid.
I took honors and those classes gave 5 points for an A.
Wow. Words fail me...
I'd grade my reply here a solid B.
Besides the mind boggling grade ranges, why on earth are the intervals overlapping? Uniqueness requires that the intervals be non-overlapping. How exactly are 84, 64, 44, and 24% supposed to be mapped?
I'd like to say that the TV backroom editor who put the slide together failed math class in public school. But he was probably passed upward with a series of Fs.
Graduated 1985. A was 95 to 100. B was 88 to 94. C was 78 to 87. D was 70 to 77.
My high school in 1980 A 95-100, B 89-94, C 83-88, D 77-82, E 70-76. An E was considered failing
Well, what they calling a "B" now was an "F" when I was in school
When you were in school 2+2 was 4 now you add 1 +1+1+1+2-2. This is moronic math. No memorizing, no basic understanding specifically designed to destroy kids and make them feel stupid. It’s not them it’s unions and liberals. Dump the laptops and return to paper and pencil until basics are learned and learned well.
Damn I was A++ then
Irish, 50’s. An A was 90+, a B was 80+, a C was 60+, a D (or pass) was 40+. The goal was to get as many A and B’s as possible to get into college.
These days I think you just need a pulse.
We also had normal and Higher versions of each subject.
Fun fact, my wife is doing a PHD, before that she did a degree where several “students” had learing difficulties and were actually given the questions!!! One of the retards still failed and is now a permanent LGBT liaison fixture on the payroll.
It’s all about money not education.
These days you to get a large loan, or be an illegal
When I grew up below 70 wasn’t F 93 to 100 was an A…
My highschool GPA just went to the moon -along with most of my class.
The late 80's was: A-90-100% B-80-90% C-70-80% D-60-70% F-59% or below
In the store today, two kids (maybe around 9 yrs old) were looking at sports drinks that were 2 for $7. I asked them what one of them would cost, and they couldn't figure it out.