tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post6251946691710545697..comments2024-01-29T01:52:28.701-05:00Comments on The New Elegant Black Woman: Becoming an Elegant Black Woman is Very Ambitious!Elegancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086459974594918860noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-20814662243584555432012-07-13T07:22:49.694-04:002012-07-13T07:22:49.694-04:00Hi Kasey,
I've finished my degree but it'...Hi Kasey,<br /><br />I've finished my degree but it's not in medicine. I don't talk about my field on the blog because I want to stay anonymous. I wouldn't want an employer to hold my uncommon opinions against me :)Elegancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086459974594918860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-59263373907419581782012-07-12T14:40:23.343-04:002012-07-12T14:40:23.343-04:00Hey, question!
Are you on the route to becoming a ...Hey, question!<br />Are you on the route to becoming a doctor? I'm on that pathway and it would be nice to have another person to talk to that has already gone through the same situation.Kaseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-87987074350641104602012-07-12T14:32:22.975-04:002012-07-12T14:32:22.975-04:00How hard it is to get certain grades varies from s...How hard it is to get certain grades varies from school to school. If you went to an exclusive prep school or boarding school on the East Coast, then anything over an 85% would be very very challenging to get but because you went to an exclusive school, despite how challenging it may be, you were still expected to perform at a high standard. As challenging as anything greater than 85% may be, you were still expected to get more than a 90% because you weren't accepted into those schools for being mediocre. <br /><br />I think I like the Canadian system, though. It seems much more generous because the failing grade is so low. It gives students more a of a chance to develop themselves academically in ways not related to a GPA. :)Leanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-20990417021444457292012-07-12T14:27:45.988-04:002012-07-12T14:27:45.988-04:00The grading system varied very much, then. At my o...The grading system varied very much, then. At my old school anything below 75 was failing. But it varies very much from school to school. Public schools in the U.S. have the same system within the same district but each private school gets to pick their own system. It shouldn't be a challenge to fail!Leanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-45193679972067202252012-07-12T12:59:50.522-04:002012-07-12T12:59:50.522-04:00Apparently letter grades can vary greatly from pla...Apparently letter grades can vary greatly from place to place, even within Canada according to Wikipedia<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(education).Elegancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086459974594918860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-38931286032481621562012-07-12T12:50:11.086-04:002012-07-12T12:50:11.086-04:00Hi Lea :)
The grading system is different then. A...Hi Lea :)<br /><br />The grading system is different then. At the schools I went to 49 or less = F, 50-59 = D, 60-69 = C, 70-79 = B, and 80 and above = A. It was rare to get above 95% on anything so I don't think the schools gave out good grades easily. <br /><br />Perhaps a paper rated 95% in the U.S. would only be 80% here.Elegancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086459974594918860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-788247236906826630.post-22006637619767269002012-07-12T12:27:07.393-04:002012-07-12T12:27:07.393-04:0080% or higher? Either the grading system in Canada...80% or higher? Either the grading system in Canada is very different or my school and upbringing were strict! In the United States 80% is a C which is mediocre, B is Good and A is excellent and at my high school, a B (86%-93%) was considered to be mediocre (because everyone was supposed to be "good" so being "good" wasn't special) and the students who had B's went to the worst universities of the graduating class... if you wanted to go to Harvard, Princeton, or Yale you had to have high A's... in the U.S. 80% is for those who have no ambition and are fine with being mediocre students. If you're ambitious and won't settle for a mediocre university, then you'd have to do a whole lot better than that...Leanoreply@blogger.com