March 3, 2009...3:35 PM

H… Fail.

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You get an assignment back, and your grade is an H.  Since when is H a grade?  Oh yeah, you’re a foreign exchange student in South Africa!  That makes sense.  South African students work to receive a National Senior Certificate (like a diploma) and also have a different grading system, A through H.

Students study at least 6 subjects.  The required classes include languages (home and additional), mathematics, and life orientation.  Life orientation consists of World of Work (Career Planning), Health (Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Pregnancy), PE, Religious Studies (Bible Class or General Religious Studies), and Citizenship.  In addition, they take 3 electives with a wide variety from accounting to visual arts.  To pass their classes, students must receive a Level 2 or 3, 30-49%.

So, there you have it.  This blog post definitely deserves to be categorized in the random section. 

I opened Wikipedia, hit random article, and this was the first to pop up.  Enjoy.

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