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KwarK
United States43989 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22370 Posts
On June 03 2020 23:30 Dangermousecatdog wrote: I believe the UK equivalent would be your A levels? What is a "high school graduation"? What exactly is being awarded? We don't have them in UK, or at least in my secondary school / sixth form. Are the failures of school education who didn't get any qualifications not invited or are they told sit in a corner out of the way of the ones who did? I find the whole idea strange. Its basically comes down to a piece of paper saying you have successfully completed highschool and serves as the very basic qualification for entry into College/University. And yes those who failed to pass and have to repeat and try against next year are generally not invited. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
With A-levels there are various grades but they are specific to a subject. You can take 3 A-levels or take 10 at once for all anyone cares (normally 3-5), and you can "pass" some and fail others, so there isn't a real way to "graduate". You simply acquire qualification in a specific subject. You can happily fail some subjects. Actually how does school qualifications work in Netherlands? I know they do things differently down in the continent. On June 03 2020 23:42 KwarK wrote: An opportunity to flog overpriced rings, hats, jackets, yearbooks, and Hogwarts robes. You keep the robes? Mine for was only hired for the day. Also, you wear graduation robes for high school? That devaluation. What do you wear for university graduation then? Bishop cope and mitre? | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45925 Posts
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45925 Posts
On June 04 2020 00:23 Dangermousecatdog wrote: Wait, so you get 1 score? Pass or fail? How do universities know you are suited to their courses or not? In most US high school courses, you get grades of A, B, C, D, F, where F (and sometimes D) are considered failing/ not passing grades. There are often times + or - are used as delineators/ sub-categories as well, such as A+, A+, A-, B+, B, B-, C+... These tend to be standardized into a 4.0 or 5.0 grade point average (GPA), so you end up with a single number that can be compared to other students' GPAs from different schools. A 4.2 GPA is higher than a 3.1 GPA, signifying that your grades, overall, were higher. The overall high school transcript shows which courses you particularly excelled at, which you struggled in, how challenging and stacked your courseload was (based on honors and AP classes), etc. Edit: Grades of an A value are usually around 90-100% on an assignment or assessment or marking period or year; B is around 80-89%; C is around 70-79%; D is around 60-69%; F is often below 60%. Getting an 88% on a test usually means you earned a B or a B+ on that test. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22370 Posts
On June 04 2020 00:06 Dangermousecatdog wrote: *note my information is over a decade out of date, it's been a while since I went to school and things can have changed since*Actually how does US school qualifications work? I have a vague awareness they have tests in everything but that's it. Therefore, what is being awarded? With A-levels there are various grades but they are specific to a subject. You can take 3 A-levels or take 10 at once for all anyone cares (normally 3-5), and you can "pass" some and fail others, so there isn't a real way to "graduate". You simply acquire qualification in a specific subject. You can happily fail some subjects. Actually how does school qualifications work in Netherlands? I know they do things differently down in the continent. You keep the robes? Mine for was only hired for the day. Also, you wear graduation robes for high school? That devaluation. What do you wear for university graduation then? Bishop cope and mitre? Highschool in the Netherlands is ages 12 to 16-18. Students are divide into different 'skill' levels for a lack of better word. (vmbo/havo/vwo, intended to prepare you for practical jobs, college and university respectively). These are further divided into different directions of focus, partly in fixed subjects and some that students pick themselves. So you might go more biology/chemistry or more towards mathametics or economy ect. Grading 1-10 and need 6's in most subjects to advance to the next year. Same for graduation, you can fail 1-2 subjects and still graduate. And while that is technically a pass/fail overall to graduate you do have a grade list for your subjects attached to it, so when you try to move on to study Biology in university while having failed biology your likely to get declined while they probably don't care if you ended up failing history. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9847 Posts
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Arden
United States15 Posts
I know all the "big name" sites, but they're basically just a bunch of deck lists and tiers. I have "good" decks (Spell/Dragon Druid, Pirate Warrior, Face Hunter) and am still losing. So I'm just looking for some help because obviously my fundamentals are pretty bad. | ||
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Alakaslam
United States17336 Posts
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
Viki has licensed but mostly fan-subtitled shows which can be streamed (with ads) or you can pay for access. Then Netflix/Amazon etc have also picked up some shows which they are adding. There are probably other sites too but those are the ones I know of. | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4756 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11839 Posts
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Silvanel
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Sent.
Poland9299 Posts
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KwarK
United States43989 Posts
On July 23 2020 00:36 Sent. wrote: Do people who play loud music through their phones on public transport do that because they're unaware of how wrong it is or do they just not care? I think they get some kind of thrill from violating social conventions. Some people enjoy judgment from others, it makes them feel superior. | ||
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Sent.
Poland9299 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11839 Posts
I like this music Therefore this music is good Therefore everyone else should also like this music Therefore i am doing them a service by delivering this music to them. | ||
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Neneu
Norway492 Posts
On July 23 2020 01:13 Simberto wrote: They could also be idiots who suck at empathy. I can totally imagine a train of thought like: I like this music Therefore this music is good Therefore everyone else should also like this music Therefore i am doing them a service by delivering this music to them. This is slightly my boss, the only exception is that he wants you to watch the youtube video with him (which is ofc cranked to maximum volume). It continues forever unless he has something to do for work. Business trips a torture. | ||
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