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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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For teachers: gpa, grades
Hi there!
I am a teacher and I need a very simple idiom.
In my country, when a student receives several marks (e.g.: an 8, a 9, a 10 - in a grading system which goes from 1 to 10), by the end of the semester, the teacher has to calculate his average and write it in the school register: eg: (8+9+10)/3=9.
1. How do you call this average: GPA?
2. and, among teachers, is there any other - more "spoken" - phrase for "to calculate the GPAs" - like "to do/make/close the GPAs" or smth like that?
3. Is this sentence possible: The students of the ninth grade have good grades.? I mean, is there any possibility to avoid this homonymy, or is it generally accepted?
Thanks a lot, i hope i was clear enough
I am a teacher and I need a very simple idiom.
In my country, when a student receives several marks (e.g.: an 8, a 9, a 10 - in a grading system which goes from 1 to 10), by the end of the semester, the teacher has to calculate his average and write it in the school register: eg: (8+9+10)/3=9.
1. How do you call this average: GPA?
2. and, among teachers, is there any other - more "spoken" - phrase for "to calculate the GPAs" - like "to do/make/close the GPAs" or smth like that?
3. Is this sentence possible: The students of the ninth grade have good grades.? I mean, is there any possibility to avoid this homonymy, or is it generally accepted?
Thanks a lot, i hope i was clear enough
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Anonymous 3. Is this sentence possible: The students of the ninth grade have good grades.? I mean, is there any possibility to avoid this homonymy, or is it generally accepted?
- Anonymous 3.
- Is this sentence possible: The students of the ninth grade have good grades.?
- I mean, is there any possibility to avoid this homonymy, or is it generally accepted?
- It's perfectly okay in American English, even with the homonymy.
- In England, however, 'grades' would probably be replaced by 'marks'.
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Anonymous3. Is this sentence possible: The students of the ninth grade have good grades.? I mean, is there any possibility to avoid this homonymy, or is it generally accepted?It's perfectly okay in American English, even with the homonymy. In England, however, 'grades' would probably be replaced by 'marks'.
For 30 years in the States, I simply 'ave
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GPA (grade point average) is different -- it's an average of the point value of the grades in all the classes a student takes in the semester (semester GPA) or all the classes taken in High School so far (cumulative GPA).
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khoffGPA (grade point average) is different -- it's an average of the point value of the grades in all the classes a student takes in the semester (semester GPA) or all the classes taken in High School so far (cumulative GPA).In university, it's actually the weighted average. Classes are valued with "credit hours" and that number is used to weight the overal
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PhilipIt's perfectly okay in American English, even with the homonymy. In England, however, 'grades' would probably be replaced by 'marks'.No. That system is not, normally used in England or the rest of the UK.
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