A girls talk with her dad.....

B-Line · #1 02-12-2007, 03:31 PM

I want to remind everyone that I am non-partisan. I just thought this was funny:

Subject: A Girl's talk with her dad.

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of the redistribution of wealth. She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more government welfare programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?" She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus, college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I have worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican Party."

Eric5273 · #2 02-12-2007, 03:38 PM

Actually, most universities do have a system of grade "redistribution". It is called the "bell curve", and 90% of the classes I took in college were graded by this system.

Lambeau · #3 02-13-2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

Actually, most universities do have a system of grade "redistribution". It is called the "bell curve", and 90% of the classes I took in college were graded by this system.

Still, some get A's and some get C's in the bell curve. If you got an A, give that up and take a B for your C friend then. This analogy is just how you liberals want the system to work. Increased welfare and rewarding lack of effort. OK Eric, you and your friend both trade in your cars. You trade in your X and he trades in his escort. Now, you both get a Taurus. Suck it up liberals and realize your ideals suck!

DINANM3 · #4 02-14-2007, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

Actually, most universities do have a system of grade "redistribution". It is called the "bell curve", and 90% of the classes I took in college were graded by this system.

That has nothing to do with the original post. A curve in college helps the lower students as well as the higher. Whe I was in college. The highest grade would decide the curve. If 1 or more people recieved a 100% there was no curve. If the highest grade was below a 100% then there was a curve. So for example the highest grade was a 90. So that 90 was bumped to 100 and everyone else got bumped up 10 points to. So that helps everyone. Not only the idiots in the class. No teacher has ever asked a student to take some of his points and spread them around to people scoring lower. At least this is how it worked where I went to college all the way up to my MBA. To make onother point most teacher and prof ive had dont even give a curve. Only a few did.

Sometimes I feel like Eric pulls shit out of his ass just to argue even if he has no ground to stand on just for the fact that he wants a reaction out of people. Its very annoying. I also think the father story is an exellent way to describe the difference between dems and repubs. The way I look at it is I worked hard for my things and no ones taking them just because they have less. To me it just means they worked less and in turn deserve less. Success is up to the individual it should not be handed to someone just because they are there. This isnt fuckin China or South Korea.
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