| Smells pretty rank here boss Students with .9 to .00 grade point averages would receive Emerging Cum -- with honor -- citation |
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
I'm sure they'll emerge into something
7 comments:
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Anonymous said...
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Union born, union raised. I'm assuming the dead people that vote in Chicago are in union cemeterys.
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12/8/10, 12:02 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I can't help but point out that "Magna cum Laude" means "With Greatest Honors" and "Summa cum Laude" means "With High Honors." The person writing the article obviously never got close to either and has no working knowledge of Latin whatsoever. If this is a press release from the school district, it's painfully obvious why they are dumbing down. They have to keep the kids at the level of their instructors.
- One Man Gang -
12/8/10, 12:23 PM
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DougM said...
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The real tragedy?
It's on a 10-pt scale. -
12/8/10, 2:54 PM
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Anonymous said...
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What I want to be sure of is that all the kids get a trophy at graduation so nobody's feelings get hurt.
One Man Gang -
I thought 'summa' was at the top, highest, as in 'summit', and summa cum laude outranked magna cum laude; that's why we seldom see it used.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick -
12/8/10, 3:22 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner Dick SIR!:
I graduated Laude How Come from Wassamatta U some years ago. My school had a unique ranking system...
Hairy Nosed Wombat -
12/8/10, 6:20 PM
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Ralph Gizzip said...
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Oh Hell, they're all ganna graduate "Laude" as in "Lawdy, how the Hell did they gratuate?!?"
wv: holers (no kidding!) -
12/8/10, 8:56 PM
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Kim said...
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Magnum = great
Summum = highest
I always knew that eight years of Latin would come in handy some day. -
12/9/10, 10:37 AM
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