01-10-2006, 06:37 AM
Robert M Wrote:
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> Kap,
>
> Could be worse. You could've gotten an F+. I heard
> some teachers actually give this as a grade,
> primarily as a way of saying, "You could've gotten
> a passing grade except that you didn't bother
> making any effort to earn it and insteadspent your
> time making class miserable for me and your peers.
> Therefore, I chose not to pass you even though you
> have the ability to get a better mark."
My first year of college, one of my dorm buddies did so poorly on a midterm exam his professor gave it a grade of G. From that day forth he was no longer known as Steve -- he was Mr. G, a name that stuck with him for the rest of his college days.
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> Kap,
>
> Could be worse. You could've gotten an F+. I heard
> some teachers actually give this as a grade,
> primarily as a way of saying, "You could've gotten
> a passing grade except that you didn't bother
> making any effort to earn it and insteadspent your
> time making class miserable for me and your peers.
> Therefore, I chose not to pass you even though you
> have the ability to get a better mark."
My first year of college, one of my dorm buddies did so poorly on a midterm exam his professor gave it a grade of G. From that day forth he was no longer known as Steve -- he was Mr. G, a name that stuck with him for the rest of his college days.