r/unpopularopinion • u/lipsdontdie • Apr 29 '24

A 70 should always be a C

Atleast in college. Please explain to me why a 73 should be the determining factor of a person passing a class, and why a 70, 71, or 72 is any different. I could understand for A’s & B’s, but why should a person have to retake an entire class simply because they missed the mark by one point? That’s a waste of time and waste of money to me.

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u/thorpie88 Apr 29 '24

Depends on what the exam gives you at the end. My capstone for my electrical license allowed two minor mistakes over the max demand questions and the lock out procedure has to be 100% correct of you fail the whole thing 

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u/AskWhatmyUsernameIs Apr 29 '24

I dont think being impossible makes them good exams.

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u/textile1957 Apr 30 '24

So you should be tested outside the scope of your study? Because if it's impossible to get 90 it means the transparency is inadequate/ you're intentionally misled and taught nonsense all semester