CWC Pics

[PacSol]

At my uni, + and - affected the number of grade points you earned for classes: you could pass a class with a C-, but only got 1.7 grade points per unit, and majors generally required a GPA of 2.0 (C, no modifiers) or better.

 

[Marvin]

At my uni, + and - affected the number of grade points you earned for classes: you could pass a class with a C-, but only got 1.7 grade points per unit, and majors generally required a GPA of 2.0 (C, no modifiers) or better.

I don't remember how it was in college (that I didn't finish ), but in high school, they just mapped your final grades into a scale from 0 to 4 and you'd get like 3.7 grades or something. It'd convey the same info as + or -. (Or, well, it'd be more specific, but whichever)

 

[sparklemilhouse]

It may of been a way for da slows to understand percentages?

 

[Silver]

For K-12, the grading systems at my school was 93-100 is A, 86-92 is B, 78-85 is C, 70-77 is D, and 69 or below was an F. My college runs on a 10-point scale, and funnily enough, some of my professors do add + and - to the designation.

 

[c-no]

I can't be the only one who looked at that picture and thought Chris' pants were unzipped reaaaaally wide for a minute, can I?

I kinda thought but then I found out it was a fanny-pack. Still, it does look like he has part of his pants down and he's wearing underwear made from the same material a nylon backpack is made from.

 

[Lefty's Revenge]

He knows this. Every time he desires to retreat back to the hugbox of his bedroom with all his Important Stuff filed away for Later Enjoyment...he realizes the dim truth.

Congratulations, this might be the single most depressing thing I've ever read on the forums.

This. I'm pretty sure that most of the time, for public schools in the US, grades like A+, B-, etc were just TV cliches. Maybe a few times during your time in high school, you might get a teacher that writes A+ on your paper, but it doesn't have any actual meaning as far as grades go. It's just kinda like "GREAT JOB!!!" But it'd just be an A as far as grades and averages go.

For me the A+ disappeared once I got to college. Everything else remained. so like 83-85 was considered a b. 80-82 a B-. And 86-89 B+ the same for all the other letters except F. Although once I got to college most profs just went with the actual averages instead of the letters. And now most have just switched to literal points. So if a test is worth 20 points to your final grade you just get scored out of 20 points.

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

It varies by school system. Some schools are more interested in letter grades, some in percentages. My school was strictly into percentages, and it drove my letter-oriented parents crazy.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

Teachers should NOT pay students for good grades. End of story. Thats more money, isn't it? Its gotta come from somewhere.

No wonder Chris is so entitled to money.

 

[1nomadcowatbk1]

Was that the grading scale in VA or just that school?

 

[MysticMisty]

Teachers should NOT pay students for good grades. End of story. Thats more money, isn't it? Its gotta come from somewhere.

No wonder Chris is so entitled to money.

I really doubt that the teachers handed out money to the students. Rather they probably told (demanded?) parents do it every quarter or semester and it was up to them if they wanted to comply or not. Of course I have no idea how special ed classes work and I wasn't there obviously but I have a hard time believing that the teachers paid the students.

The real question is, did Barb 'n Bob comply and do it? More than likely. Barb bribed Chris with toys if he said their names after all. Hell, I have a feeling that unless it was close to Christmas or Christian Love Day, whatever Chris wanted he got.

 

[milkshark]

Getting paid for grades is a shitty thing to suggest, because even parents who are well off can be extremely stingy with their money, not to mention the parents who don't have a dime to their names. It's gotta be annoying for the poor kids to overhear a classmate brag about getting 20 bucks for a shitty grade.

Chris' parents seemingly spoiled him as a kid, but he became increasingly ungrateful and kind of backed off. It's kinda like they never intended to raise Chris properly, they just spoiled him until his shitty attitude let them off the hook, so to speak.

 

[Henry Bemis]

Chris' parents seemingly spoiled him as a kid, but he became increasingly ungrateful and kind of backed off. It's kinda like they never intended to raise Chris properly, they just spoiled him until his shitty attitude let them off the hook, so to speak.

Thing is, Bob 'n' Barb spoiled and doted on Chris because, considering their ages, this was the only way they could exercise any control over him. This is why grandparents and older relatives do it.

However, a grandparent's tactics are best reserved for grandparents, not parents.

 

[Coldgrip]

I think they just figured it was easier to bribe Chris into doing what they wanted him to do and didn't want to put in any effort into raising an autistic child at their age.

 

[drmccoy]

Looks like it was taken in school, judging by the school setting and Bob wearing the name badge. Chris looks kinda like "don't touch me guys, I'll get my Dad on ya" while his Dad is like "what did you say 'bout my son?"

I've seen this photo before but Bob is so stereotypically old man. Hair, sweater, khakis, everything about the fellow screams "OLD MAN!". It's actually a perfect fit to how out of place Bob is. He should be doing typical old man stuff, not attending some school thing for his accidental son.

 

[bradsternum]

Bob's autumn years were wasted on that tub of autistic lard.

 

[milkshark]

I think that Bob and Barb had relaxed attitudes about raising Chris for a lot of reasons. The first reason is that they both incorrectly assumed that the other parent would take on the lion's share of parental responsibility. Bob felt owed since he is giving Barb a roof over her head, and Barb did the hard work of carrying the fat retarded fetus around. The two of them felt entitled to the other parent doing more work than them. so when Chris grew up neglected and they saw the results, it made them resentful of each other for not holding up their perceived end of the bargain. Also they had previously raised children to adulthood so they were actually in grandparent mode with Chris. Grandparents are supposed to be free of the hard responsibilities of a young parent, and should just be fun relatives to visit. Chris was waiting his whole life for an actual parent to show up.

 

[Iä! Iä!]

Looks like it was taken in school, judging by the school setting and Bob wearing the name badge. Chris looks kinda like "don't touch me guys, I'll get my Dad on ya" while his Dad is like "what did you say 'bout my son?"

Judging from the chart on the left, Chris is the 64% - "Occupy McDonalds".

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I've seen this photo before but Bob is so stereotypically old man. Hair, sweater, khakis, everything about the fellow screams "OLD MAN!". It's actually a perfect fit to how out of place Bob is. He should be doing typical old man stuff, not attending some school thing for his accidental son.

oh my god, can you imagine that those kids thought when Chris said "'dat's my dad"? Holy shit.

In that picture, it looks like Bob took Chris in because his birth mother was addicted to drugs and spent Chris' diaper money on cigarettes.

 

[Shadow Fox]

I just love pictures of little Chris during the 80s. If you look at them knowing nothing of who he is now, he seems like an entirely different person.

- He is not the least bit fat
- He's always smiling, and in an actual happy way
- He looks like he's in a natural normal surrounding.
- He appears to be Bob and Barb's grandson but is actually their son.
- He doesn't appear to be autistic.

Why is his shirt so ungodly huge? Look at the sleeves.

It also looks like there's a piece of plywood or something propped up in front of those lower shelves - maybe to keep Chris from pulling records and stuff onto the floor?

As for the grade-to-money conversion chart in that school pic, maybe the dollar amounts are for some kind of play money the teachers hand out in class that can be redeemed for rewards. I think one of my elementary school classes used such a system for a while.

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

Never noticed it, but the table to the right is clearly an outdoor patio table. I don't know about everyone, but I was raised to think that mixing up "indoor furniture" and "outdoor furniture" was a sign of real redneckery.