Post #2108663 · Elektrine

2026-04-30 18:51 UTC

I had a professor in college who believed an A should be reserved for the rare student who really nails a subject. He felt that if he gave a test, and several students got an A on it, it was a bad test. He said that was like having a speedometer on a car that only went to 50. So if you worked really hard in his class and did well, you'd likely get a B. Most students got a C, because that's average. I actually agreed with him, but the problem was that the rest of academia didn't behave that way, so his classes lowered your GPA.

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@14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2026-05-03 15:17

> he problem was that the rest of academia didn’t behave that way, so his classes lowered your GPA. and that is exactly the problem with people suffering from chronic unique-titis like this. they are just assholes.

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@lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world 2026-05-01 05:50

Do you have A+ where you live? For us, A was very good but A+ was the ultimate! Interesting though because you're right that C is meant to be average but if you were a C kid you were kinda deemed... either "not trying" or just a bit thick. People felt bad about getting a C which, especially in high school, like teenage years (is college after high school? We'd call it university) is kinda rough! C is average, that's alright! You're keeping up! You can't be above average in everything but it feels like a lot of people were of the mindset that you had to get Bs and above in everything or you were "dumb".

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