Another semester, another 26 pages of drivel disguised as thought...

[felis_ultharus]

I finished my last essay of the year, and handed it in. Twenty-six pages, plus 2 pages of endnotes and a 2-page bibliography. It's also the first essay I've handed in that included pictures (occasionally necessary).

I think it deserves probably a B or a high C. But then, one of my last essays deserved a D or F, and got an A. Given how this university marks, they'll have to invent something above an A+ for this current one -- unless Dr. Wright is a harder marker than I've given him credit for.

I don't want bad marks, of course. But it's discouraging when it feels that hard work doesn't get you anywhere better than laziness in your field.

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[jc2004.livejournal.com]

That was my objection to the pass-fail system in the Education Department at UBC. It pisses me off that I can get 98% or whatever and someone else can get 78% and we can both end up with a P.

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

They only marked you as pass or fail? Nothing in between.

Reminds of an old joke:

What do you call the guy who graduates with the lowest marks from medical school?

Doctor.