Seriously? Our high school didn’t have F as a letter grade? I don’t remember that, but then again, I never really came close to it. I would assume you didn’t either. How do you remember this stuff? So…o* w***a*** wasn’t a failure, he was just unsatisfactory, huh? (Dumber than a box of rocks, that boy.)
nope–spoke to some spanish-speaking colleagues after it happened, and they confirmed. color me astonished
I remember it because it bugged me back then, for the same reason. I only recalled it recently when I heard about one of the local schools grading “basic” and “below basic” (there were higher “grades” as well, but the kid I was talking to had no shot at reaching them). No failure, not even unsatisfactory, but comprehension “below the basic level”. How frakkin’ sad is that?
So…XXXX XXXXXXXX wasn’t a failure, he was just unsatisfactory, huh? (Dumber than a box of rocks, that boy.)
He was also an extremely strong and lightning-quick champion athlete.
Probably best not to say mean things about him in a Googleable forum. 
Quelle surprise. 
But you all can safely blame William the Conqueror and the French for that. English didn’t start to go crazy until the French took over England during the Middle English period. Old English was as consistant as Latin in almost all respects.
I always wondered why the grades skipped the letter E.
Too many parents got conned (“KHAAAAAN!!!”) into thinking that their idiot children were “exceptional”. 
I hate vowels. :eek:
They make life very hard. When two vowels together are not bad enough some languages add a third. I had a big fight with my dad over spelling because I was using a British book. I then learned in my young days that spelling English is not only tough (or tuf, touf) but not always the same.
I try to tell my students that I am not old enough to have made spelling hard for them as a punishment. Like my students I am a horrible speller. I have a German last name so the vowels are not pronounced like they would be in English so they are pretty sure that it is all my fault.
example: heat, heet, heit, hete, wise, wies, weis (well you get the idea)
I do not use rant warnings since I am always ranting.
I am going to get some coffee. I had to read that more than once to get what you were saying. 
(That is not to say that the statement was not funny just that my brain is not at top speed yet this morning.)
Two possible responses to that (choose one):
[ol]
[li]How can you say that? Don’t you know there are Slavic children who would love to have even half the vowels that you take for granted?
[/li]
[li]Do you have Irritable Vowel Syndrome?
[/li][/ol]
How did you know that I have IVS? :eek:
That reminds me of this TV commercial I saw last night from Christian Enunciation Foundation: “Just one vowel a day can help these children speak like normal human beings…”
Ah, the IVS… a rare and hilarious form of Verbal Diarrhea.
I didn’t. Until now.
Enough vowels to buy a cup of coffee could help one of these children for a whole day!
Ah, the IVS… a rare and hilarious form of Verbal Diarrhea.
Often with gas and uncomfortable bloating. So sad.
That sounds like we are watching Wheel of Fortune.
A bit of what the thread is about and SW.
Too bad he didn’t put Chewey on his bicep-- now that would be arm porn.
Thank for getting things back on track Leah! These boys just keep messing things up, don’t they?
This one is a bit better. A bad boy and a good arm.
Remember Billy?
What is this show?