What an odd weekend...
12-19-05, 01:13 AM
#26
Originally Posted by coldfire
thanks for encouragement guys, lol.
Computer Architecture II is the name of the course...basically it's a whole semester of assembly code and learning the hardware of one particular microcontroller.
Snrub, you are right hopefully. actually it was a hard exam overall...a lot of people found it hard, so i'm hoping to ride the Bell curve
Computer Architecture II is the name of the course...basically it's a whole semester of assembly code and learning the hardware of one particular microcontroller.
Snrub, you are right hopefully. actually it was a hard exam overall...a lot of people found it hard, so i'm hoping to ride the Bell curve
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12-19-05, 01:28 AM
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I had a class called "Values in the Workplace". I had to take it as part of my Computer Science cirriculum.
The teacher was an idiot. Never tested on things he taught, and didn't do a very good job of teaching things. Needless to say, at mid-terms all but one person was failing the class in a major way. I had a 40% (which on the Quebec side is really bad since a "pass" is 60%, not 50 like it is everywhere else).
The students in my class who were in Business Administration almost lost their ability to go out on co-op at the end of the semester because their program's rules state that in order to be eligible for the co-op, you have to be passing (60+%) EVERY class at mid-terms.
Because of this a stink was raised with the administration, since the entire second year Business Admin group was about to be denied co-op due to the teacher's stupidness.
The marks were bell curved. The people who grasped the little amount the teacher properly taught/tested on were able to get passing marks, and the people who said "who gives a ****, nobody's passing this class anyway" ended up with lower marks. I passed the class with a respectable 75%, up from my 40%, because I worked my *** off to try and understand what was going on.
Bell Curving is a good way to even out marks for groups larger than 25 people because there is so little chance of "everybody getting 97 but you". There will always be a few who don't give a crap and a few who work their *** off to give you upper and lower bounds for the curve, and everybody else who falls in the middle will be given an equivalent type of mark.
Thankfully, in situations like that (where marks are bell curved) the "pass/fail" line is blurred. At my school 60% is a pass, but nobody is allowed to be issued a mark between 55-59. Any marks which are calculated to fall within that range are reviewed by the teacher and the program co-ordinator to determine if the person should be bumped "up" to a 60% pass or "down" to a 54% fail. This is based on quality of work, not content of work, and other un-gradeable attributes like overall effort shown by the student, attendance, etc...
If you got 96% and *everybody* else got 97+, it probably means that the test was unfairly easy, but you have to stop and think that if 30 or more other people managed to get 97%, then what did you miss?
I've seen teachers nail students who play "hookie" too often by testing an entire class of students on an extremely amusing personal story they recounted last class. In that case, when I was sick, I talked to the teacher, he gave me a pass because I wasn't usually absent and I actually bothered to take the time to voice my concern to him. The students who didn't give a **** failed because they didn't give a ****.
Jon
The teacher was an idiot. Never tested on things he taught, and didn't do a very good job of teaching things. Needless to say, at mid-terms all but one person was failing the class in a major way. I had a 40% (which on the Quebec side is really bad since a "pass" is 60%, not 50 like it is everywhere else).
The students in my class who were in Business Administration almost lost their ability to go out on co-op at the end of the semester because their program's rules state that in order to be eligible for the co-op, you have to be passing (60+%) EVERY class at mid-terms.
Because of this a stink was raised with the administration, since the entire second year Business Admin group was about to be denied co-op due to the teacher's stupidness.
The marks were bell curved. The people who grasped the little amount the teacher properly taught/tested on were able to get passing marks, and the people who said "who gives a ****, nobody's passing this class anyway" ended up with lower marks. I passed the class with a respectable 75%, up from my 40%, because I worked my *** off to try and understand what was going on.
Bell Curving is a good way to even out marks for groups larger than 25 people because there is so little chance of "everybody getting 97 but you". There will always be a few who don't give a crap and a few who work their *** off to give you upper and lower bounds for the curve, and everybody else who falls in the middle will be given an equivalent type of mark.
Thankfully, in situations like that (where marks are bell curved) the "pass/fail" line is blurred. At my school 60% is a pass, but nobody is allowed to be issued a mark between 55-59. Any marks which are calculated to fall within that range are reviewed by the teacher and the program co-ordinator to determine if the person should be bumped "up" to a 60% pass or "down" to a 54% fail. This is based on quality of work, not content of work, and other un-gradeable attributes like overall effort shown by the student, attendance, etc...
If you got 96% and *everybody* else got 97+, it probably means that the test was unfairly easy, but you have to stop and think that if 30 or more other people managed to get 97%, then what did you miss?
I've seen teachers nail students who play "hookie" too often by testing an entire class of students on an extremely amusing personal story they recounted last class. In that case, when I was sick, I talked to the teacher, he gave me a pass because I wasn't usually absent and I actually bothered to take the time to voice my concern to him. The students who didn't give a **** failed because they didn't give a ****.
Jon
12-19-05, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by coldfire
thanks for encouragement guys, lol.
Computer Architecture II is the name of the course...basically it's a whole semester of assembly code and learning the hardware of one particular microcontroller.
Computer Architecture II is the name of the course...basically it's a whole semester of assembly code and learning the hardware of one particular microcontroller.
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Hey, Aaron, you ever need a hand with Tina, just say so. I'd love to see it in person anyway.
Look for another thread very soon with lots of goodies. 
Originally Posted by Terrh
"ride the bell curve" hahahaha, that's a good one
aaron, that sucks - I know what pain you're in, I've had some uhh, bad experiences myself.
I don't think I can think of anything that hurts more!
maybe getting hot sauce in the eye, but that was only temporary.
aaron, that sucks - I know what pain you're in, I've had some uhh, bad experiences myself.
I don't think I can think of anything that hurts more!
maybe getting hot sauce in the eye, but that was only temporary.
I wonder if there's a way to trade this pain for getting kicked in the nuts a few times?
I still want your GSL-SE, damn you!
I don't see what the big deal about the GSL-SE is. Sure, it has the 13B. But I'm not even going to use that engine...
12-19-05, 02:22 PM
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I much prefer the interior of the older 1st gens, but this one is maroon, so yay.
This one won't be turbo, that's for sure. People are going to either love it or hate it, with the majority probably hating it. I'm about (well, when I actually start working on it) to violate the sanctity of the GSL-SE.
This one won't be turbo, that's for sure. People are going to either love it or hate it, with the majority probably hating it. I'm about (well, when I actually start working on it) to violate the sanctity of the GSL-SE.
12-20-05, 02:44 PM
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i passed! haha.
actually i ended up with 78/100, quite a ways off from the fail that i thought i may have got...guess i did decent AND they bell curved it, heh.
so if i got that lucky, then your kidney stones are going to be fine and won't hurt at all.
Mr. Cake your engine choice sounds suspicious...almost sounds like something non-rotary....V8. *gasp*
actually i ended up with 78/100, quite a ways off from the fail that i thought i may have got...guess i did decent AND they bell curved it, heh.
so if i got that lucky, then your kidney stones are going to be fine and won't hurt at all
.Mr. Cake your engine choice sounds suspicious...almost sounds like something non-rotary....V8. *gasp*
12-20-05, 03:52 PM
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I'm with Terrh - GSL-SEs are only good for their:
- Easier to accomodate bolt pattern
- Limited Slip Differential
- Vented Rear Disc Brakes
- Better Gear Ratio (fifth and diff I believe)
- Re-styled interior (also available on all 84-85 models, such as my GS)
- Sunroof (also available on some other models, my GS has one)
And not really the engine. The FI 13b in the -SE is not really my fav engine.... now 12a, *there*'s an engine
Why do I get the feeling Aaron that your GSL-SE's engine is going to look like the enging that Maxthe7man built?
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- Easier to accomodate bolt pattern
- Limited Slip Differential
- Vented Rear Disc Brakes
- Better Gear Ratio (fifth and diff I believe)
- Re-styled interior (also available on all 84-85 models, such as my GS)
- Sunroof (also available on some other models, my GS has one)
And not really the engine. The FI 13b in the -SE is not really my fav engine.... now 12a, *there*'s an engine
Why do I get the feeling Aaron that your GSL-SE's engine is going to look like the enging that Maxthe7man built?
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12-23-05, 03:51 PM
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It's not a 20B since Tina will get a 20B two engines from now (next engine is a full bridge 13B, then the 20B).
The GSL-SE will have a PP 12A. I just happen to have the 12A from my old '78 beater sitting on the workbench right now. Probably sometime in Feb. I'll pull it apart and then send the housings out to the machine shop...It's going to be a "down and dirty", very fun car.
The GSL-SE will have a PP 12A. I just happen to have the 12A from my old '78 beater sitting on the workbench right now. Probably sometime in Feb. I'll pull it apart and then send the housings out to the machine shop...It's going to be a "down and dirty", very fun car.
12-28-05, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Snrub
Coldfire: Unless where you are is different from other schools, it's pretty normal to think that you've failed the exam. Unless you did exceptionally poorly compared to your peers they'll likely curve it. I'd say close to 50% of the exams (mid terms and finals) I took in school had some sort of correction factor added in. 2nd year, first semester I thought I failed everything. I may have too. Don't forget about the mercy pass! Theoretically you should fail the course if you don't get 50% on the final, but often profs will cut you some slack and treat the exam like you received 50% (usually that happends if you would have passed if that rule wasn't in place).
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12-28-05, 10:57 AM
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BTW, getting the thread at least peripherally back to Aaron's original topic, pardon the pun, why in particular is a PP violating the sanctity of a GSL-SE? It's still a rotary, and no more a violation than turboing a 12a, at least to my mind. Or is it just a matter of it no longer being stock?
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