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Post by virgoscorpio on Feb 13, 2012 0:59:36 GMT -5
Why does Claudia look Latina on the cover? And I dislike her outfit. They always seem to make her very un-Claudia like on the covers in the beginning of the series.
Once again, Janine is great to Claudia in this book. So it annoys me how she always rants about her in every book she narrates and in almost every Chapter 2. Janine is pretty decent to Claud and Claud is definitely the bitchy younger sister (in my eyes).
I like this book but it has really lame moments that kind of string it all together so that the plot can work. Like Claud not sticking up for herself. Or happening to follow Shawna at the right moment, hiding in the bathroom and getting all the dirt.
How is a 93 or 94 -- whatever she gets -- an A-? Where I come from it's an A+ (above 90).
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Feb 13, 2012 1:11:16 GMT -5
in the states a 93/94 is right on the border of A or A- depending on the school or the teacher. A+ doesn't really exist, and a score of 100 percent would be considered an A.
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Post by greer on Feb 13, 2012 13:26:31 GMT -5
in the states a 93/94 is right on the border of A or A- depending on the school or the teacher. A+ doesn't really exist, and a score of 100 percent would be considered an A. It all varies by school. I am pretty sure I received an A+ or two in my day.
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 13, 2012 16:06:00 GMT -5
In my district 99%-100% was an A+. You didn't even have to be perfect to get one.
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Post by oldhickory on Feb 13, 2012 16:37:47 GMT -5
aww, i never got an A+. and i got plenty of 100% assignments too! i just went to the wrong school i guess :]
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Post by celaeno on Feb 13, 2012 18:00:57 GMT -5
Yeah, in my school district a 92% or 93% was an A-. It's funny how even now, in my 20s, I find the number 92 so much more appealing than 91 because back in the day that meant the difference between an A and a B! It felt weird when I went to college and suddenly anything in the 90s was an A.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Feb 13, 2012 20:40:03 GMT -5
^ Wow. A 91 as a B. To me, that's absurd. It doesn't even make sense.
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Post by supprazz on Feb 13, 2012 21:32:55 GMT -5
I made a whole topic about this in Claudia's forum, arguing that she is good in math, but she's not Canadian to get credit for it through grades. In Ontario, an A is from 80 to 100 percent.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Feb 13, 2012 23:05:43 GMT -5
^ As a fellow Ontarian, I like that better. A- is 80-85; A from 85-90; A+ from 90-100.
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Post by supprazz on Feb 14, 2012 1:26:42 GMT -5
I remember my reaction to Claudia coming home one day and giving her low 80's math test grade at the dinner table, and saying it was a B minus so it's good, but her parents weren't happy. I was always happy with A grades regardless of what number, but the only time I didn't like getting 80's were if I was getting marks in the 90's and if a bad mark made it slip down to the 80's until I could work my way back up, otherwise I was fine with the 70's and 80's
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Post by virgoscorpio on Feb 14, 2012 13:02:31 GMT -5
It's it a bit unfair for a grade in the low 80s to be a B-? Stats wise that doesn't make sense since 50% would be pass (out of 100)...
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 14, 2012 14:35:01 GMT -5
I think getting 20 questions wrong on a 100 question assignment and getting an A- is crazy. That's not A level work in my mind.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Feb 14, 2012 17:06:53 GMT -5
I can see what you mean. There is a 20 percent difference for an A (whether it be A-, A or A+) whereas every other level gets 10 percent (70-79 (B), 60-69 (C), 50-59 (D)). B
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Post by maddieruns on Feb 15, 2012 20:57:26 GMT -5
^That is a crazy system. I never been graded on a scale that went from 20 percent difference to 10 percent difference. It would probably drive me nuts.
My district didn't have the A+ or A either. It was just a solid A but I remember in elementary school we had the S+ and S-.
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 15, 2012 22:33:39 GMT -5
My district didn't have the A+ or A either. It was just a solid A but I remember in elementary school we had the S+ and S-. I forgot about that, but mine did too (also O and I) for the lower grades. I think by 4th grade it went to the A-F grades. That's so silly adding the +/- now that I think about it. The S meant satisfactory. An S+ must have meant REALLY satisfactory and an S- was like "eh, that'll do." Lol.
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