<p>We all know the story: your teacher finally hands out the tests that you know you passed with flying colors/bombed, and as soon as you get yours back, you immediately become surrounded by a swarm of people asking "What'd ya get?" So, how do you cope with this? Are you open with your 99/43? Or do you prefer to keep your grades private? Let's have an open discussion on this topic.</p>
<p>Ehh I normally tell them.
It’s like almost silly to keep it to yourself – unless you’re embarrassed.</p>
<p>Yes. My friends know every test grade, all my homework grades, my regents grades, my average, my class averages, etc. Even the bad results.</p>
<p>I tell if I’m asked. It’s condescending to deflect with statements like, “I did fine,” and, “I’m happy with it,” when asked directly about your grades. I’ve heard many people express that such withholding conveys a sense of your grades’ being so good that they would embarrass anyone if revealed.</p>
<p>I tell if asked, or if worth bragging about just a bit. I’m sorry, a 100 on a midterm/final is worth bragging about once or twice, is it not?
Otherwise, I keep it quiet, though.</p>
<p>I have a friend that gets amazing grades but keeps it to herself simply because sone people take info like that and get butthurt. It helps to also be focused on herself, since how others were doing might make her think she can relax because others aren’t doing so well, or vice versa</p>
<p>I tell if someone asks, i dont wave it around though. Theres no reason to be s ecretive, your score is yours theirs is theirs. Except for those of you that play GPA Mind Games for whatever.reason</p>
<p>I tell when someone asks me. Or I say I did well. I hate the comments like “of course” or “you did too study!!”</p>
<p>Only if someone asks. What I hate is when someone asks what you got, and then get almost angry with you if you did well.</p>
<p>I hate when people don’t believe that I genuinely didn’t study for a test I got a 95+ on. I usually forget about tests until the morning of - as I walk into the class and desks are arranged differently.</p>
<p>I only say if people ask me directly for my grade. I really hate when the teacher says grades in front of the class though, it’s so embarrassing xD</p>
<p>I don’t if someone asks. I know that may be petty or whatever, but, it seems like every single time they ask, one of two things happen.</p>
<p>One: They got a better grade than I did (which is completely OK; effort gets, what it deserves), and then they feel the need to subtly brag about it for the next half hour while trying to console me, as if I’m just THAT torn up about it.</p>
<p>Two: I got a better grade than they did, in which case they want to know if I studied, and, if I did (and say I did), then, they make remarks like “Oh… That must be why I didn’t get that grade” or “Obviously” (as if they can’t just accept that, like I just said, effort gets what it deserves) or, if I didn’t study, they don’t believe me, and, feel compelled to make light of the situation and tease me about being a liar, making everything all the more awkward.</p>
<p>So, no. Unless I’m sitting next to my best friend (who doesn’t care) or… Nah, if I’m not sitting next to her, I don’t really tell anyone.</p>
<p>I don’t really care if other people ask me what I got because I almost always do good. One thing I do not get from the people above is why do you care if someone thinks you studied to get that grade that you got? Does it make a difference if you studied and got that grade and if you didn’t study and got that grade? Even if people think you studied to get that A+, it doesn’t matter because in the grade book, whats going to go down is an A+, no matter what the other people think! Just saying…</p>
<p>I always tell if asked. I’ll tell my close friends without them even asking. But there’s one thing that annoys me. Well I don’t know if it’s like this everyone’s school, but people generally post their report cards on facebook here. But at our school, there’s an unspoken “code” of sorts, that if you get straight A’s or are known for always getting good grades (Pretty much anyone with above a 4.0 weighted), then you should keep your report card to yourself.
Everyone is sorta aware that that’s the etiquette, and it’s so annoying when someone pretentiously puts up their straight A’s just to have peope say “Oh you’re so smart.”</p>
<p>I only share them with my friends or if asked.</p>
<p>I find it rather narcissistic when kids who do well announce their test scores to the entire class.</p>
<p>My friends and I usually discuss big tests, but otherwise don’t usually talk about our grades unless asked directly. Even then, I usually only share the letter grade, not a number. I can’t stand it when people share with me that they did poorly “because they didn’t study”, or that they “would have gotten an A if they’d actually studied”. “Would have” doesn’t matter. If you’re not happy with your score, don’t share it with an excuse!</p>
<p>NaeShelle I agree with you completely. It seems as though you can never win with some people.</p>
<p>I only tell people if someone asks or if I did bad–mostly because it bothers me. I remember a few years ago, I failed 4 math tests in a row and started crying when she passed back the tests and I saw my grade. I told my friend why I was crying (everyone saw me), but I felt embarrassed, lmao First time I cried in school since like 3rd grade. I know a bunch of people who don’t like saying their grades, which is something I’ve never understood. It’s not like it’s missile plans or something. On the other hand, I have a friend who asks me what I got on a test, but if I ask her, she just shrugs her shoulders.</p>
<p>I don’t like to share grades and some times deflect or sometimes tell depending on the situation. But I generally like a don’t ask don’t tell policy as I don’t think much positive comes out of it.</p>
<p>Scenario: Guy asks me what I got (probably because he knows he did well and is safe from jealousy when asking how others did. He also probably wants to let you know that he’s done well). Say I do worse. I now have the tendency to feel jealous and lose some of the confidence I have in my abilities. On the other hand, the asker judges me negatively (sometimes irreversibly) and has increased ego. If I do better those sentiments apply the other way around. My scenario may be exaggerated but I don’t think grade asking really contributes anything positive.</p>
<p>I say, just judge yourself by the standards you set. If you’re aiming for an A, work to get that. Sometimes, comparing ourselves to other people can be destructive in giving us a false inflated or deflated feeling which we should work to avoid.</p>
<p>I only share if I’m asked. Normally the only people who do ask are my friends and we tell each other anyway haha.</p>