Wednesday, June 23, 2004
What's in a grade?
Our spring semester grades (finally) came out the other day. And I was surprised to find that this was my best semester yet. I actually did really well, which only goes to prove the theory that grading at Harvard Law School is a crapshoot. Pretty much everyone gets a B+, but every now and then, a person ends up with a grade higher or lower than that. I've had my share of lower, and this time, I just got a bunch of highers stuck together on the same report card. Cool.
I shared the news with my lovely wife, and she brought up the theory that has been proposed and even studied that married students do better than single students. Well, I actually had better individual semesters at BYU when I was single, but as far as law school goes, my married grades are definitely better than my single grades. Shelly says she's a little bitter because she went through six years of school (4 undergrad, 2 grad school) and still graduated single. She never had the unfair advantage of being married and in school at the same time.
But, as I pointed out to her, she has a great job and a great resume and a great future. She has her degrees, and no one will ever, ever ask her about her GPA again. It's kind of the same thing I think about Harvard Law School grades. Some people get so worked up about the competitiveness of it all, but the truth is, you're at Harvard: you'll get a good job. I really don't mind being an average student at Harvard Law School. I guess that's why I wasn't all that excited when I got such good grades on my report card this time--even good grades don't matter to me anymore.
I shared the news with my lovely wife, and she brought up the theory that has been proposed and even studied that married students do better than single students. Well, I actually had better individual semesters at BYU when I was single, but as far as law school goes, my married grades are definitely better than my single grades. Shelly says she's a little bitter because she went through six years of school (4 undergrad, 2 grad school) and still graduated single. She never had the unfair advantage of being married and in school at the same time.
But, as I pointed out to her, she has a great job and a great resume and a great future. She has her degrees, and no one will ever, ever ask her about her GPA again. It's kind of the same thing I think about Harvard Law School grades. Some people get so worked up about the competitiveness of it all, but the truth is, you're at Harvard: you'll get a good job. I really don't mind being an average student at Harvard Law School. I guess that's why I wasn't all that excited when I got such good grades on my report card this time--even good grades don't matter to me anymore.
Comments:
It is true. I remember reading a study done at BYU that showed that married students on average have better GPAs than their single counterparts. The study attributes this to the fact that married folks don't have to spend a lot of time socializing, they've already found the love of their life, etc.
I was bitter then, and I continue to be bitter now as Matt as indicated. Oh well
Shelly
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I was bitter then, and I continue to be bitter now as Matt as indicated. Oh well
Shelly
