<p>Hi, I was wondering what other people say when they talk to classmates about their grades. When you're in a class in college, you're not that familiar with the other students so it's sometimes uncomfortable to talk about grades. Also, in huge lecture halls, there is a wide range of people's intellectual/study skills so grades are very diverse. This brings me to my question: What do you say when someone asks you what you got on a test or in a class as a grade?</p>
<p>For example a typical question might be:
Acquaintance 1: Hey man, last week exam killed me - I got a D in it. What did you get?
How do you respond if you got an A on it? Do you just say "A" or do you say "A" and give some kind of excuse like "i got really lucky" or "i studied for a long time"?</p>
<p>Another question might be:
Acquaintance 2: That test last week was mad easy. Grades are up - I aced it! What you get?
Again, what if you failed it? Are you vague? Do you just say "I failed" or give an excuse like "didn't have time to study."</p>
<p>I would state the truth. I would probably not lie. There’s no reason why it would be bad for me to tell him that I got an A if he failed it. He asked for it, and I did not brag or taunt him about the marks. I don’t care if he got an A and I failed, I’ll still tell the truth.</p>
<p>situation 1: feel bad for the other person, and say, “eh… it was a hard test…”
situation 2: “it wasn’t that easy, caz i failed it! now excuse me as i go study.”</p>
<p>If I did good, I would tell them straight up. Why not? They asked me. This is sometimes followed up with asking how I got a certain grade; some aren’t too happy when I tell them the obvious. I always try to sound neutral and avoid being cocky. You don’t want to seem like a jackass.</p>
<p>The only thing that would keep me from doing this is if I have some feeling that they are just looking for someone to sit next to for the next exam. That just bugs me.</p>
<p>If I did bad, I would tell them too. The worse that could happen is that I do the same for the next test. If anything, it motivates me to do better and answer with something I can be happy about if I’m asked again.</p>
<p>What’s the big deal? It’s just a number. You should be pleased someone was interested in you enough to try to start a conversation. How sad it would be if no one cared to bother asking you.</p>
<p>Or some people don’t care about talking about grades outside class. Some people like to ask about grades only go into some 10-minute tirade about life sucks, life’s not fair, the professor is an ass, why was it so hard?!, I only got a B.</p>
<p>It’s pointless and downright annoying because to be honest, I don’t care.</p>
<p>Well, some students (like myself) don’t feel comfortable sharing, if only because they want to avoid being super-competitive (due to natural inclination, whatever) with others…</p>
<p>If you’re smart and you get good grades, I don’t see what you’re trying to hide. Everyone is going to know anyways. It’s fairly obvious when there’s someone who shows up to class everytime, participates, confident about the material, etc.
I can understand trying to hide your grades if you’re not so gifted, but then again people usually find out.
Anyone who cares doesn’t matter and anyone who matters doesn’t care.</p>
<p>To the people who said they are just honest and tell them their grade:
My question was is if you say anything additional - like the reason for getting a good grade? (i studied really hard, i got lucky, etc.)</p>
<p>Maybe I think too into this but if someone says, “Geeze, that test was so hard, I completely failed it. What did you get?”
If you just say “A” doesn’t that sound a little condescending? I may just be paranoid but I just think it might come off as “I got an A because I’m smart and you failed because you’re dumb.” (even if that is true you should never say it)</p>