Alex's Alliterative Adventures

I just got an assignment handed back to me.  I was worried that I had done poorly on it, since I didn’t start my 3 page answer until the beginning of the lecture in which it was due. If I pulled this shit at Waterloo, I’d be aiming for a 20-30% to help make the exam that much less significant.  I wasn’t sweating too badly, since WaterLund’s performance in the programming contest guaranteed me a 50%, and I never see a mark for this course other than “pass” or “fail.” Even when people request that their marks are evaluated for the course for the purposes of taking a master’s degree, the only distinctions are “fail” (< 50%), "pass" (50% - 79%) and "high pass" (80% - 100%).  There's no motivation to do anything above the bare minimum. I got a 3 on the assignment. It was out of 2.