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BackgroundThegistofaparagraphParagraph12/12GradesGradesarestandardizedmeasurementsofvaryinglevelsofcomprehensionwithinasubjectarea.Gradescanbeassignedinletters(forexample,A,B,C,D,orF),asarange(forexample4.0–1.0),asdescriptors(excellent,great,satisfactory,needsimprovement),inpercentages,or,asiscommoninsomepost-secondaryinstitutionsinsomecountries,asaGradePointAverage(GPA).TheGPAcanbeusedbypotentialemployersorfurtherpost-secondaryinstitutionstoassessandcompareapplicants.Background3/12ACumulativeGradePointAverageisthemeanGPAfromallacademictermswithinagivenacademicyear,whereastheGPAmayonlyrefertooneterm.4/12ThegistofaparagraphParagraphsMainidea12-56-8Itintroducesthetopicoftheletter.Gradesdonotmeaneverything.GettingaBinclassdoesnotmeanonewillalwaysbeaBperformerinlife.5/12ThegistofaparagraphParagraphsMainidea9-10Inacomplexsocietylikeours,labelsarenecessarybuttheyshouldbekeptinperspective.6/12

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YourfinalgradeforthecourseisB.Arespectablegrade.Farsuperiortothe“Gentleman’sC”thatservedasthe

norm

acoupleofgenerationsago.ButinthosedaysA’swererare:onlytwooutoftwenty-five,asIrecall.Whateverournormis,ithasshifted

upward,withtheresultthatyouareprobablydisappointedatnotdoingbetter.

I’mcertainthatnothingIcansaywillremovethatfeelingofdisappointment,particularlyinaclimatewheregradesdetermineeligibilityforgraduateschoolandspecialprograms.7/12norm

n.标准;规范;准则;（劳动）定额e.g.Youmustadapttothenormsofthesocietyyoulivein.Derivation:normala.normallyad.normalizev.normalizationn.8/12shift

vt.&vi.改变;去掉;摆脱掉;换挡e.g.Sheshifted(herweight)uneasilyfromonefoottotheother.Collocation:shiftsth.(fromAto/ontoB)

转移或转换某事物shift(your)ground（辩论中）改变立场或方法

shiftn.shiftlessa.

Derivation:9/12eligibility

n.适任，合格;被选举资格;e.g.I’llhavetocheckhereligibilitytotakepartinthiscompetition.Derivation:eligiblea.eligible(forsth./todosth.)

10/12I’mcertainthatnothingIcansaywillremovethatfeelingofdisappointment,particularlyinaclimatewheregradesdetermineeligibilityforgra