More on the school thing:
I am currently in the 4th year, out of 6, of VWO, or Gymnasium. This is the highest secondary education in this country (Netherlands). To get the diploma, one must do 3 years of general education, containing all the subjects, one year (the 4th) of semi specialised, picking from 2 'streams', and then the last two pickiing from a total of 4 'profiles'. You can pick about 3 of extra subjects, but more then 2 is regarded as rare. The profiles contain a lot of odd stuff. Passing year 4 requires passing grades in everything you drop that year, since anything you drop in year 4 will count on your diploma as just another subject. To get a diploma, one must have passing grades everywhere, except for one 4 and one 5 (out of 10) outside the 'profile' subjects. I will drop French and German this year, so I need at least a 4 and a 5 for them, but then I cannot make one mistake in the next 2 years, or I won't graduate. Also, to go to next year, I can only have one more grade below the exam minimum. So another 5 is ok, but another 4, or 2 fives and I have to repeat the year.
The regulations are complicated, moronic and completely out of touch with reality, and the goverment wants another reform. This stuff was introduced 5 years ago, and even back then, everyone said that this was a bad idea. But, as always, the goverment pushed through, and now I'm stuck. To add to the fun, I was ill for 9 full weeks of no school, and another 4 or 5 (and counting) of going 1/3 to 2/3 of the time. Now, I am averaging this:
Dutch
3,6
English 8,6
Maths 5,8
Chem 5,9
Physics 6,05
Sciences 8,083333333
Latin
3,9
French
3,825
German
4,275
Biology 7,3
Sociology 8,15
History 8,45
Some of these are out of date, Dutch for example, is a passing grade by now, and I know that Latin isn't this bad either (it's about 0,2 point better
). But still, as you can see from the embolded items, I'm in a pretty bad position. I still have 60% of my grade to get in the next 2 weeks for French and German, and about 2o or 30% for Latin, but still......
