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RazgrizOne@piefed.zip 15 hours agoThat’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.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
6/10 is a D 5/10 is an F
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
65/100 is a D. Anything lower is an F.
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-
RazgrizOne@piefed.zip 14 hours ago
Oh interesting. My schools were 69 and under was F. My understanding was 65 was a typical cutoff
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 5 hours ago
You got F’d when you 69’d in school? Sounds wild.
RazgrizOne@piefed.zip 4 hours ago
I guess I did kind of perfectly tee that one up didn’t I
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/
RazgrizOne@piefed.zip 12 hours ago
I actually did mean 60, just dat fingered the 5