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Originally posted by CC1GC
It's not proportional. Think of upper grades as a volume control, the increments are not equal. I don't think any high school in my area had any student past a 96% average during my 5 yrs of hs. The system is meant to discourage perfect scores, for ex. my buddy earned over 100% in OAC (grade 13) in some maths and sciences, but could only receive 99% tops.
I'm not insulting your abilities, doll, just pointing out the fundamental differences.
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I wonder if they've changed the grading system now that they have eliminated OAC?
Side note: A guy in my english class received 100% in english. He had a 97%...the highest grade in any english class, but the rest of my OAC class was bombing...I had the second highest grade with and 81%. The department decided to give everyone an extra 3% to imporve the class averages. However, he wasn't going to get his 3% because they didn't want anyone to have 100% in english. After much complaining he got it. I'm glad he did. It was the principle.
P.S hijack here....but I love Carnation!!!