teachers assuming that nobody in their class is queer, trans, abused, physically/mentally ill or has any other kind of issues at all and voicing their stupid opinions and teaching the entire class accordingly to that belief is pretty much the suckiest thing ever tbh and that needs to stop
“now none of us know what it’s like to feel that way”
Tag: education
high school and college, the whole educational system, in a nutshell.
Heartbreaking Simpsons Moments 1/∞: Bart Gets an FI never understood why it’s an F if he gets more than half out of 100? Unless it’s more than 100. If you get more than half the answers right how is it an F?
You must not be from America. Here, grading is fucked up.
Average American Grading Scale:
A+- 97-100
A – 94-96
A- – 90-93
B- 80-89
C- 70-79
D- 60-69
F- 59 and underoh wow that is fucked up
why do they skip E in america
There’s an E in other grading scales?
And in some places in America it goes by a 7 point scale, so it’d be
A – 100-93
B – 92-85
C – 84-78
D – 77-70
F – 69 and belowNow you understand why American kid’s feel like there’s no point to school. If you have a 100 question text, and get 79 of them correct, that’s a C. That mean’s your Average Intelligence on this particular subject. And it get’s even worse when you have only like… a 10 question quiz. If you get two wrong? that’s a B. 80 fucking %. Now tell me again why American school’s are easier?
No wait but whats the grading system in other countries?
UK Grading Scale
100-70: A
69-60: B
59-50: C
49-40: D
Below 40: F
ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME?! THATS INSANE!!!!
next time you try to tell americans that we’re stupid
i’m gonna remind you
that our “average” is your “A”
Don’t even get me started. Although personally, I am more frustrated with the fact that A students are constantly put up on pedestals, and B/C students like me do not get any recognition for talents that cannot be tested through traditional education. And the fact that being an “average” student actually carries a negative connotation. It sucks even more if you have a disability and are expected to compensate for your limitations.
So I’m an early childhood education major, and the amount of shit that we make 5 year old’s go through is appalling. The amount of information a kindergartner needs to know in 2014 is the same as 3rd graders in 1980. 8th graders now are taking college-level courses from 1975. So the next time a baby boomer spouts about how children are lazy, throw this information in their face.
So my brother (taller boy in the back) is protesting his high school’s decision to “promote patriotism and the free-market system and downplay civil disorder in the curriculum [of AP history classes].” (x) In the video, the reporter only focuses on the schools participating in the protest (it covers the largest district in the state of Colorado) and that the superintendent wants students to come to him with their questions instead of protesting during class. She goes on to discuss, more than once, that “most” of the teenagers protesting don’t know what they’re protesting. My sister (not pictured) is also part of the protest movement, and was interviewed by the reporter. She stated quite clearly their position on the matter, but the interview wasn’t aired. This is so toxic in the fact that this reporter was blatantly under-representing the knowledge that these students had on the matter and invalidating their opinions on their own education.
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