<p>I have this Asian friend who constantly talks about grades! Whenever we get an assignment back in a class, the first thing that he'd ask me is: "What did you get? I got an A (or A-)!" At first I didn't mind his telling him my grades, then after a while, it gets really annoying. Sometimes I don't get the good grades, but I still have to tell him what I got b/c he constantly asks about it. It annoys me to hell because he always seems to "show off" the A or A- he has just got in any classes. </p>
<p>Anyone who has similar experiences? Please feel free to commiserate here.</p>
<p>I know someone who is the SAME way...and we aren't even in the same classes/remotely the same major so I don't even get WHY it matters.</p>
<p>The best thing for me has been to just reply with 1 word answers like "ok" or "cool." Nothing more. When she asks me stuff about my grades or how I did be like "doesn't matter" or "fine." Non-specificity is crucial.</p>
<p>I also try to not talk to my parents about grades when she's around, or it's an open invitation.</p>
<p>i can always figure out what the guy made in my class that does this because he usually asks about 4 other people what they made before he asks me and he'll tell them what he made when they ask him back.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know what you mean. My friends always immediately want to know what I get...I usually get A's, though. And then the one time out of 30,000 they get a point higher than me they gloat about it allllll day.</p>
<p>I've just taken to saying, "I did really well" or "Good". Works fine...although not as funny as some of the other suggestions here.</p>
<p>When my friends ask me about my grade, I make it clear I'm not going to tell them. My situation is almost exactly like MissSuperFantastic's. I simply reply with, "I got a grade".</p>
<p>I hate it though, when teachers say your grades are private, but make them easily accessible, like calling them out loud or having others pass out graded tests. (Sorry, high school problem.)</p>
<p>Call him out on it... that's actually extremely rude and none of his business and you should tell him that next time he asks in front of the other classmates. He won't do it again.</p>
<p>always say you got an A, no matter what grade you did get. Or just say you dont want to tell him. people who ask to see others' grades all the time are annoying, overly grade conscious, and really just want to know that they did better than you.</p>
<p>From the above suggestion, the next time he asks me about my grades, I think I should immediately punch him in the face, tell him I got a A and then laugh at him on how rude it is to ask others for their grades.
Hopefully he won't do it again.</p>
<p>My room mate is the same way, I could care less what Grades I get, I actually prefer not to get any A's, I don't like being categorized with these losers that all they care about is grades. Im happy with a B or a C, plus way to many people get A's in colleges these days. My mother remind me of when she went to college and a class of 60 students only 2 or 3 would get an A.</p>
<p>Theres no distinction of who is really a great student anymore, anybody can be just as smart if they wanted.</p>
<p>Thats why I really Loved my English class last semester, the teacher would grade on a curve, and only a select few would get an A. You really need to distinguish yourself. Only 2 people got A's and 4 got A-'s. I got an A-, though the distinction between students was made very clear. If of the 40 people 10 of them were to get above 95%, not all of them would get an A, only 2 or 3 would, so people with a 94% could possible get a B- and so on.</p>
<p>I loved that grading scheme, because it shows who actually worked harder than the other students, without actually making the class more rigorous.</p>
<p>My roommate is one that is Book smart, he is not to informed on any other issue, if a book doesn't tell him something then he hasent a clue.</p>