It feels better to get a 90 on a test then it feels to get an 88, amirite?

And it feels even better to get a 100%...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How does this shit get through? It's like saying, "Duhhh 3 monies is better than 2 monies."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The OP is saying that both marks are considered 'good' and are fairly close together but getting a mark in the 90's apposed to one in the 80's feels more accomplished, even if it's just a 2 percent difference. Of course the higher mark will always be 'better' though.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Kinda like how $0.99 and $1.00 might as well be the same price but it's a fact that things for 99 cents (or that end with .99) sell better.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

He's saying the pleasure one feels from getting a 90 is disproportionately greater than the pleasure one feels from getting an 88.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'll concede to that, even though the OP didn't explicitly say it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No shit.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Than*. No wonder you got only a 90.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If he uses the wrong form of "than," he deserves far less than a 90%.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What is a 90 in the American grading system? Here it's an A+. Is is less over there?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

An A- or a B depending on where you are

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Thanks

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Dang, you guys aim high.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Where do you live?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Canada.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh. I'd say you were lucky, but considering how easy it is to get good grades in the American education system, I won't.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In my discrete math (math for programmers) class, a 70% was an 'A' last semester, but I'm pulling about a 40% in that class right now. The professor can't make a test worth shit and he grades hard.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, well colleges are different. In American high schools, good grades are easy to get and a 90% is generally an A- or a B+.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know. I've been in Murka for all my life.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well... no shit.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Several people have already said this

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why thank you, comment monitor.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why thank you, comment monitor. see how it's kinda annoying?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Both are below my expectations so I feel better about an 88 because it makes me feel like I did bad because I genuinely didn't get it, rather than made a bunch of sloppy mistakes.

run-on sentence.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Duhh it's 2 points higher! Haha I get what you're saying but its kind of like saying, "getting a gold metal feels better than getting a silver metal." obviously it does, because it's better.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And obviously we would all agree. No one thinks getting an 88 feels better.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Getting a 69 would feel disproportionately better than getting a 68. STUPID EVIL CALC TEACHER.

by Anonymous 12 years ago