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Asian Grading Scale

Regular kids:
A = Great
B = Good
C = Average
D = Okay
F = Bad

Asians:
A = Average
B = Below average
C = Can't have dinner
D = Don't come home
F = Find a new family
Asian: *crying*
Other kid: Why are you so sad?
Asian: Cuz I have a B+!
Other kid: Well I have a C- and my parents think that's pretty good
Asian: On the Asian grading scale, B's are below average
Other kid: Sorry
Asian Grading Scale by aiyah9000 December 1, 2013

Asian Grading Scale

These words mean the following:
A-average
B-broomstick
C-can't have dinner
D-don't come home
F-find new family
Example of Asian Grading Scale:

Father: Lets look at your report card son.
Son: Ok.
Father: A, A, A, B...
Son: No, please don't!
Father: B IS FOR BROOMSTICK!!!

Asian Grading Scale

A = Average
B = Below Average
C = Crap
D = Don't come home
F = Find a new family
Asian: Crap, I got a D for biology, can I come to your house?
Friend: What do you mean?
Asian: In our Asian grading scale, Im not allowed to go home anymore

Asian Grading Scale

Typical Asian Grading Scale as found on California primarily Asian high school's website:

A= Average
B= Bad
C= Catastrophe
D= Disowned
F= Forgotten Forever...
Now you know why we spend half our times buried in a book. Doesn't this asian grading scale answer so much? To our parents, this does not seem harsh. Go figure.

Grading Nazi 

A teacher who mercilessly grades students' papers, tests, etc., looking for any mistakes at all and taking an extreme number of points off for any mistakes found.
"Dude, Mrs. L graded my math test yesterday, and she took 6 points off--on a 4 point question! What a fucking Grading Nazi!"
Grading Nazi by My Name December 14, 2006

Asian Grading Scale

The grading scale for an Asian student is typically different from that of the average American student.

When you're a normal American:

A: Stands for "AWESOME" you're doing great.

B: Above average, you're still doing good

C: Average.. you could be doing better, but you're slacking

D: Below average, you're slipping, but you can still make it up is you try

F: Well, you just failed, didn't you. No need to really explain that.

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Now, when you're ASIAN, it's A LOT different. "A" no longer stands for "awesome" anymore.

A : stands for "average" - anything below that is pretty unacceptable to your parents.

B : stands for "bad" - you're already at a below average cause all the other Asians and getting A's!

C : stands for "crap" - you're doing terrible and your parents will be pissed. They'll probably spank you or ground you, and you'll be sent to your room without dinner that night. If you DO have dinner that night, the topic to be discussed at the table is how disappointed everyone everyone is with you. This will be followed by comparisons to you and your successful siblings, cousins or fellow Asian students. That's right, your parents know every other Asian kid in your school even if you aren't friends with them. That's because your parents are friends with theirs and their parents like to brag. Bastards.

D : stands for "death" - your parents will threaten to kill you. They will not hesitate to beat the crap outta you, and when they're tired, they'll send you to your room, but once they've regained their energy they'll go into your and continue to yell and insult you. They'll take away your things (laptop, games mp3, phone, ect.) and even if pull up your grades by the next semester, you won't get them back until the semester after that. Oh yeah, you will be labeled as an embarrassment.

F : stands for "FUCKED!" Not ONLY will your parents beat the shit outta you, they'll probably make a call to your relatives in (china, korea, philippines, etc, where ever they're from) and start looking for plane tickets online. That's right, you will be sent out of the country cause your parents can't even stand to look at you anymore.

i got terrible grades and actually did fail a couple classes, but luckily i never got sent away T_T.
Asian: shit, my grades suck this semester
Friend: what are you talking about? You got A's, B's, and a C.
Asian: yeah, but on the asian grading scale that means I'll get about 2 and a half beatings and I probably won't be able to see daylight on the weekends...
Asian Grading Scale by hey girl, hey February 18, 2009
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