fast question
fast question
fast question#1
Posted: 6/18/07 at 2:44pm
dose anyone know if there is a curve on NYS regent exams,in particular the living Environment.
also-can some one tell me what a curve is,I have some idea but don't really understand.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: fast question#2
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:19pmFast answer...no.
re: fast question#2
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:26pmReally? There's no curve? People have been telling me all week that they curve the grades.
re: fast question#3
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:31pm
Liam,
A curve is when whatever the highest grade is automatically becomes a 100. So if the highest grade was an 80, and you got a 60 (example only, I'm not implying anything) then the 80 becomes a 100 and your 60 is curved accordingly to become an 80.
I have no idea if that made sense, but it's a good thing.
re: fast question#5
Posted: 6/18/07 at 3:46pmI wish we had that.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
Joined: 12/31/69
re: fast question#6
Posted: 6/18/07 at 4:46pm
Well that's not exactly right- standard grading indicates that all scores in a specified range get an "A." For example, on many tests, if you score above a 90 you get an A. Between 89 and 80, a B, ETC.
A curve specifies that a certain number of top scores (say, the top 10%) will get an A. Curves usually specify that the same percentage that gets an A will get an f.
So, if ten kids take a test and it is graded on a curve, the best score gets an A, the next 2 a B, the middle 4 a C, the next two a D and the lowest score will get an F. This type of curve is also called a "Bell curve" because if you plot the grades it will take the shape of a bell-- a few scores on the high and low and the majority in the middle.
A curve promises that a certain percentage will fail. IF grades are not on a curve all may pass (or fail, actually).
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
re: fast question#7
Posted: 6/18/07 at 6:37pm
re: fast question#8
Posted: 6/18/07 at 6:45pm
And A isn't 90-100, and a B isn't 80-89.
A: 85-100
B: 70-84
C: 55-69
D: 41-54
E: 26-40
F: 11-25
G: 0-10
NG
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
Joined: 12/31/69
re: fast question#9
Posted: 6/18/07 at 6:56pmWe don't have E or G here. It goes A, B, C, D, F, with assorted minuses and plusses throughout.
re: fast question#10
Posted: 6/18/07 at 6:57pm
It's different in America Linnie.
90-100 - A
80-89 - B
70-79 - C
60-69 - D
59-0 - F
re: fast question#11
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:29pm
Oh, sorry!
We do have a rounding up system similarly, though. When you're in 6th year (Senior Year) you do the 'Leaving Certificate', which are the school leaving exams, basically. You have to do English, Irish, Maths and one living European language, and at least two other subjects. You get marked, and if you fall between certain marks, you get rounded up to a certain 5 or 0, for example:
91-100= 100
86-90= 90
81-85= 85
76-80= 80
71-75= 75
66-70= 70
61-65= 65
56-60= 60
51-55= 55
46-50= 50
40-45= 45
And if you do ordinary level exams, instead of higher level, you get the above -40.
Then, when your Leaving Cert results are done, they add up your top 6 rounded scores, and you get a mark out of 600. That's your Points. That determines which courses you're allowed to apply for in University.
For example, Medicine is 590. Law is 545. And so on so forth.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
Joined: 12/31/69
re: fast question#12
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:32pm
What is Irish? As in the school subject, I mean. I'm just curious.
And what year are you in school, Linnie?
re: fast question#13
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:38pm
Girly! MY cyber daughter!
I'm entering 5th Year (Junior) in September.
And Irish, as a school subject, is just language. Americans would call it 'Gaelic'. It's our native tongue.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
Joined: 12/31/69
re: fast question#14
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:45pm
Hi cyber Dad!
That's really cool! My native language is...English. OK, I'm boring! I speak German fluently, though, and a little French.
I really wish I could hear spoken Gaelic. I see it written, and it isn't like anything I could ever imagine trying to speak!
You are my hero.
re: fast question#15
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:50pm
I started going to the school I'm in 6 years ago. Back then, I was doing English, Irish, French, Latin, Ancient Greek, and Sanskrit. I had to drop Sanskrit after 4 years, and I dropped Latin this year (after 5).
Of 6 languages I studied, 4 (well, 3, Irish is hanging on by the skin of its teeth) were dead. I'm so old fashinoned.
I speak Irish fluently (and English, obviously), and I get by with French.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
re: fast question#16
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:53pmI speak gay. It's a fabulous language.
re: fast question#17
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:56pm
They don't teach that here.
Polari?
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
Joined: 12/31/69
re: fast question#18
Posted: 6/18/07 at 7:57pm
Woah.
Teach me!
Haha, kidding, but that would be SO cool! I wish I could even begin to speak that many! I started kindergarden in a school where they just threw us into German, and we either learned it, or got screwed over when we had to go to the bathroom. You learn a language pretty quickly when you have to pee that badly! What language do you speak at home, or with your friends?
re: fast question#19
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:02pm
Oh, English! (or Gay, I'm picking it up from taz)
Irish is nearly dead, except for in small pockets in the West. Loads of people here claim to be able to speak it, but I'm one of about 7% (I can't remember exact figures, I'll look it up) who are fluent.
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
Joined: 12/31/69
re: fast question#20
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:04pm
Gay...ah, yes. I live in a theatre town...it's a good one to know.
Again, Daddy Dearest, you are my hero.
re: fast question#21
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:10pm
Oh shnookems! *Cuddles*.
What's your school life like? What year are you in?
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
Joined: 12/31/69
re: fast question#22
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:18pm
I'm going to be a senior next year (I turn 17 in a couple of days), but my school is really small. My class only has about 90 people. We are done in two days, and my last two finals are tomorrow (not studying, again!).
All in all, my school life is pretty average! I do my best to spice it up (writing corny poems to random people, playing Spy in the hallways, and speaking Shakespearean for an entire day). What are your interests, besides theatre and fathering your lovely daughter?
re: fast question#23
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:19pm
90-100 - A
80-89 - B
70-79 - C
60-69 - D
59-0 - F
- HAH. I wish. My Catholic High School had it much different.. and harder.
Updated On: 6/18/07 at 08:19 PM
re: fast question#24
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:24pm
This is how it was in my Catholic School.. if you're interested in knowing.
93-100 = A
85-92= B
75-84= C
70-74= D
Below 70= FAILING (which meant you must repeat the class - we had no summer school.)
Updated On: 6/18/07 at 08:24 PM
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