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wizofwas added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

B and 4.0 is an A. My school, Oakland University, used a 4.3 system
where 4.3 was essentially an A+. I hope your schools at least use a
similar letter grading system.

OU, there in Rochester, Mich.? I know where that is. :-)

wizofwas

Exactly, wiz, Class of 1969. Oakland University was originally charted
as MSUO - Michigan State University at Oakland but changed to OU a
couple of years before I was admitted in 1965. Prior to my class, the
Engineering School was the Department of Engineering under the School
of Mathematics. As such, I would not have gone there as I would not
have been able to earn a B.S. degree in engineering from an accredited
university, and thus unable to secure employment. Pretty good school,
really. Some 2/3 of the number of credits needed to graduate needed to
come from the liberal arts - some say "breadless arts" from the
initials of their degrees, B.A. - side. I thought that was pretty much
a waste of my time back then but a decade or so later, I realized that
their intent was to provide a well-rounded and full EDUCATION even for
the hard science majors. That grounding in English, writing,
literature, world history, language, music or art, and other "soft"
things has stood me in very good stead over the years. In fact, one of
my most interesting classes was a freshman American History 101 lecture
class I snuck into to get an easy 4 credits when I was a senior -
learned a lot that trimester!

Do you still live in SE Michigan, wiz? If so, where? I'm sure you know
I live in Troy, about 19 miles NNW of the Detroit River. If you've
moved away, where did you live when here and where are you now? Thanks.

Born and raised in Clarkston, it was a great little town back then. And
I've
also lived in E. Lansing and Grand Blanc. Now I'm in St. Petersburg, Fla.
My one year of sailboat racing, we took 1st in class (Tartan 10) in the
Port Huron to Mackinaw race.

And yes, I know where Tory is. Exit 69 off of I-75 at Big Beaver Rd.
How could I ever forget that exit. I don't know if it's still there, but I
used to try to eat at the A&W there at Big Beaver & Rochester Rd.
when I was working in that area. I had a job as a computer tech so
I got to go to a lot of "job shops" in that area, as well as most of the
LP. And I've also worked over a lot of the Midwest.

wizofwas