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That’s an F in the US education system almost everywhere (maybe everywhere barring specific curves?) and though we may think ill of them as a third world shithole that does mean something.

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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
6/10 is a D 5/10 is an F

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- TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  65/100 is a D. Anything lower is an F.
  
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  - Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Maybe where you went to school. I always had Fs at 59% and under… just like in Wikipedia’s article. en.wikipedia.org/…/Academic_grading_in_the_United…
    
    I attended and worked in a couple schools in the states. I saw some alternatives like pass / fail and SBG, but whenever it was the A-F system, 60% was a D-
    
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- RazgrizOne@piefed.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Oh interesting. My schools were 69 and under was F. My understanding was 65 was a typical cutoff
  
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  - ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You got F’d when you 69’d in school? Sounds wild.
    
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    RazgrizOne@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I guess I did kind of perfectly tee that one up didn’t I
    
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  - Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I would argue under 60 = F is the norm. It’s even quite a common trope in movies / TV. Example:
    
    collider.com/the-simpsons-bart-gets-an-f/
    
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    RazgrizOne@piefed.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I actually did mean 60, just dat fingered the 5
    
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