His Grade Depends On The ATOT Effect

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zinfamous

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Originally posted by: Alistar7
Have to agree it is a horrible way to assign grades. What if the child doesn't have a good "network" of online resources/contacts? I'm sorry Johnny your working cold fusion experiment was technically sound, but only 3 people watched it on the net, you fail... lol


:D

uh...218 views, btw ;)
 

cubby1223

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But by everyone here clicking the link... is that just pushing all the other kids' grades down further? What are the rules here before I click anything?
 

pennylane

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Originally posted by: cubby1223
But by everyone here clicking the link... is that just pushing all the other kids' grades down further? What are the rules here before I click anything?

Yeah I wonder what happens to the weiner kids whose parents don't know people who know about ATOT.
 

AmpedSilence

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I remember doing that experiment in science class. it was kinda cool.

I watched and helped.... but the more views=higher grade thing is stupid. I have no idea how they are correlated in this "experiment"
 

Alistar7

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
It was at 218 views when I looked yesterday, now it's up to 453.

Unfortunately it doesn't show that video as being linked on AT, so our clicks are not being recorded, but we all know where ALL those views came from :) Thanks again ATOT, you guess are the cream of the class ;)
 

Alistar7

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Originally posted by: gwrober
Maybe the grade is based on social engineering, or the 'internet affect' or something of the like. Maybe it's not based soley on how many views he can get, but on the example it creates of internet news/sharing.

You guys are harsh! :p

And he said the grade was "affected" by the view count, but didn't say by how much. And I think it's a relevant assignment for today's kids, but I think I would have chosen something besides YouTube....but maybe the OP can get us more details on the assignment?

Sorry I have no more info, only know his grade will be improved by more views.