> Don "I hope that this post is not construed as false modesty, boasting, or anything else--I tried to make it as factual as possible" Monkey

My situation was about the same, only without honors or awards. In college, I got an average score of 5 out of a max. 6. Somewhere along, I thought: I can easily get 5 in most, if not every, class, without doing homework. This because I was *interested* and curious in class, and asked and learned a lot there. If I studied harder, I could probably get sixes in some classes, but I decided that they weren't worth the effort. With fivers I would be able to get where I wanted. I weren't planning on becoming a doctor or anything. I did almost no homework at all, and for tests I studied like crazy the night before. Teachers liked me, and I went through easy loopholes in the evaluation system like that.

I did not benefit from the system. I became a slacker. I'm not proud of my scores, because I didn't work hard for them. I know people who flunked classes but who worked really hard. The system is not right when that sort of thing can happen. I would've had a much more valuable and usable education (and score) if my effort was evaluated instead of test results and activity in class. Maybe I would've learned to work when I can, instead of when I really, really *have to*.

Trav"hasn't been well enough prepared for the harsh realities of life"holt.