Originally posted by jreff22:
An A is the best you can get without using the A+ system which will make things more complicated and in reality is an honor based system which shouldn't apply after 3 years. The lowest a professor has ever graded an A- for me would be an 89 (I think and thats a final grade). Granted not perfection but its close. A 95 isn't perfect but its the highest echelon for instance in a letter system (minimum for an A). When I made this system I dropped the 100% limit to a 90% making it easier to get an A, and where the cutoff usually is.
Your grading system is yours. I am not telling or asking you to change either your system or your grade for the draft.
Originally posted by jreff22:
Let me ask, if a 4.0 is not perfect what it? Straight A's is the best anybody can normally acquire. I wouldn't consider my 3.4 GPA perfect, I would consider a 4.0 perfect. And near perfection would be an A-. If posters are going to use a +/- system an A- would be close to perfect but not the best. But people arent adding up the actual numerical value of an A- or a C+ for instnace, they are eyeballing thier grades and throwing out a final grade....thats not accurate.
Perfection means without errors or flaws. A student can get answers wrong, make errors, and have flaws in his work and get an A. So, having straight As does not mean perfection. I had a 4.0 for one semester. I did not get 100% on all of the tests. My work had errors. I made mistakes. I was not perfect.
This is not complicated. Like I said before, be real. Name me one school system in the US that requires perfection for a student to get an A.
I will bet you a dime on a dollar that University of North Florida does not require perfection to get an A. If you got a A- , which according to you is near perfection, with a grade of 89%, it seems pretty clear the UNF does not require perfection to get an A.
The idea that A represents perfection is, as I said before, a flat-out idiotic idea. I am not saying you are an idiot, only that the idea you are pushing is idiotic.
Originally posted by jreff22:
I gave the draft a 3.4 on a scale of 4. A 3.4 in my experience would, depending on the teacher. range from a B+ to A.
For me that would be a B+/A-
Yes, but I am not you, or you are not me.
I gave a draft a 3.4 on a scale of 4 and gave it an overall grade of a A based on my experience and my view of the overall draft.
You disagree with me. I disagree with you. We do not agree. Big deal.
But, let's be clear. I do not think the draft was perfect. The A grade that I gave represents excellence, not perfection.
This perfection that you speak of may be part of your grading system, but it is not part of mine.
I have never attended an educational institution that had in its grading system a standard of perfection or near perfection.
Truth be told, I do not think you have attended any educational institution where perfection was required to get a A.
Now, if you want to base your grades of Baalke's draft on grading scale that is not standard, that is your choice.
But, do ask me to do the same.
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[ Edited by buck on May 7, 2013 at 8:30 PM ]