Word: lumping
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...hate it. I hate getting a B+. For me, it means I've done nothing particularly worthwhile," growls Nathan E. Lump '96, who says he's trying to "break the B+ barrier." Mourns Michael B. Smith '97, "It's so darn close to an A." Some even refuse to discuss the issue. Just ask Iris Y. Carrillo '96 to say something about the B+. "No," she'll retort. "It depresses me." Others tell stories of near tragedy. "A friend of mine got a B+ on an essay, and he was almost suicidal," says Hanna M. Pasula '96. "I thought...
...Lump comments on the cross-departmental metamorphosis of the B+. "There's a big difference between a B+ on an English paper and on a chem test. [With the chem test] you're dealing with numbers. You're dealing with right and wrong answers, so a B+ is just a gradation. It can be somewhat objectively determined...
...students aren't buying it. "No, it's not the kiss of death, but it's a peck-on-the-check of death. Sort of a whisper in your ear," Lump observes wryly. "The whole idea that a B+ is a 'great grade'--that's so bogus... That's just laughable. An A is a 'great grade.' The B+, that's a way that [graders] can flex and seem kind of tough...
...according to many students, is utterly meaningless--both slackers and strivers get it. "You know what they say," remarks Adam L. Cohen '96. "B's are easy. A's and C's are hard." Lump says that "the concept that a person would put off all their work until reading period and get a B+-- which is the same grade that a lot of people will get who have consistently done their work--just illustrates the incredible range of quality that's found within...
...Lump groans over all-encompassing nature of the grade. "I think you can do lackluster work and get a B+. Likewise, you can do work that is incredibly close to A work and get a B+. It's a catch-all grade. I think...