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shadeoracle · 04-01-2006, 03:47 AM

True_Moose: In year 13 (our last year of high school), the marks used to be scaled so that the average is about 56%. They made 46% a pass (if you get 46% you have almost no idea what your doing!) and only 15% of people got 66% or more which is an A. Now they use a downright awful NCEA system in New Zealand where my sister got 2/9 in a maths test once and passed! Btw, I am impressed you're taking history and sociology, I can't write an essay to save myself. Frankly, I hardly have to use complete sentences.

I think scaling is just a necessary evil. It's kinda cool when an A+ is 92% and you still get one. Two of my physics lecturers last year marked easy and I got marks like 95,96 and 98. (One lecturer taught two courses in case you were wondering).

04-01-2006, 03:47 AM	#7
shadeoracle Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: October 7, 2005 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Age: 38 Posts: 10	True_Moose: In year 13 (our last year of high school), the marks used to be scaled so that the average is about 56%. They made 46% a pass (if you get 46% you have almost no idea what your doing!) and only 15% of people got 66% or more which is an A. Now they use a downright awful NCEA system in New Zealand where my sister got 2/9 in a maths test once and passed! Btw, I am impressed you're taking history and sociology, I can't write an essay to save myself. Frankly, I hardly have to use complete sentences. I think scaling is just a necessary evil. It's kinda cool when an A+ is 92% and you still get one. Two of my physics lecturers last year marked easy and I got marks like 95,96 and 98. (One lecturer taught two courses in case you were wondering).