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Jeremy Lin: Asian American, Harvard Grad... NBA great?

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claviertekky said:
Game begins in less than an hour.

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o.O;

is that a christian thing?
 
It's obviously some crazy ritual they do to remember that they play for Jesus but whatever. As long as he keeps getting double doubles he can play for the glory of satan himself and I doubt fans will care.
 
Ignis Fatuus said:
Nerd handshake. Fields went to Stanford, Lin went to Harvard. They're close friends.

Flip through a book, adjust glasses, pen in breast pocket.
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And yet I bet people will twist into some hardcore Christian thing. Flipping through the bible, adjusting thorn crown, placing rosary in pocket, etc.
 
apana said:
So we'll put the pressure on him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent point guard, a watchful defender, a New York Knight.

I'm sorry, I have a problem.

fake edit: I hope he can be a good point guard and still make a lot of shots. Regardless if this team actually gets to the championship like I'm hearing people talk about, he will be the most famous basketball player in the world just cause the media has really latched on to this story and they will keep fueling it. Of course they need to beat the hornets first.
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SMH what a bunch of losers! I told them they could have had it all but apparently they didn't want it bad enough. The Jeremy Lin show is over folks, go home. From the way people were talking in the other thread it was like 50 turnovers.

They'll come back.
 
At least Carmelo can now be at ease as I bet, "what if they lose with me back in the lin-up" has been weighing on his mind.
 
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Well, now that the Knicks have finally faced a good team, Lin has been exposed for the D'Antoni system product that he is.


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Maybe I'm ignorant but you can't really blame that loss on Lin. Fields and Walker only had 6 points between the two of them which is pretty fucking pathetic. But i only watched a few minutes b/c of work. Just my opinion.
 
LQX said:
At least Carmelo can now be at ease as I bet, "what if they lose with me back in the lin-up" has been weighing on his mind.
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I guess it had to happen at some point. People would hone in on Lin and figure out what to do and the other team members should pick up the slack but Carmelo was out of the game. Now he can come back in and also share some of the spotlight. I have a feeling this was a minor bump in the road.

zmoney said:
Maybe I'm ignorant but you can't really blame that loss on Lin. Fields and Walker only had 6 points between the two of them which is pretty fucking pathetic. But i only watched a few minutes b/c of work. Just my opinion.
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Lin really started something for a while. NBA players running scared, hope back on the streets. Unfortunately the Hornets had to go and escalate. :(

Now New York needs its true hero back.
 
Morey the Wizard has done a great job of building teams just good enough to make the playoffs without ever being good enough to contend.
 
Zzoram said:
3.1 GPA really is an Asian F.

That's really low, it's like a B average.
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For an athlete? I don't know, does Harvard do grade inflation?

Also what the hell is a turn over? Everybody keeps mentioning it wrt to Lin but I'm not sure of it's a good thing or a bad thing.
 
Bgamer90 said:
A B is really low? What's a C, D, and F then? Really low X 100000?
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Yes. C shouldn't even be a passing grade, knowing anything less than ~70% of the material or solving less than ~70% of the problems means you didn't learn what you're supposed to learn, and you should be required to keep working at it until you pass that minimum threshold. It's really not that much to ask. I wouldn't want my mechanic, doctor, or accountant to only do 70% of their job correctly.

B means you've achieved a minimal level of competence, but it's certainly nothing to be proud of.
 
Zzoram said:
Yes. C shouldn't even be a passing grade, knowing anything less than ~70% of the material or solving less than ~70% of the problems means you didn't learn what you're supposed to learn, and you should be required to keep working at it until you pass that minimum threshold. It's really not that much to ask. I wouldn't want my mechanic, doctor, or accountant to only do 70% of their job correctly.

B means you've achieved a minimal level of competence, but it's certainly nothing to be proud of.
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But isn't a "B" at least 80%?

What you're describing is exactly that a "C" is the minimum level of acceptable grade. But that contradicts your opening statement.

Or does Harvard have 70-85 = B and 85-100 = A. Because that would be a first.

Isn't it usually 91-100, 81-90, and 71-80 for A, B, C or something close?
 
Zzoram said:
Yes. C shouldn't even be a passing grade, knowing anything less than ~70% of the material or solving less than ~70% of the problems means you didn't learn what you're supposed to learn, and you should be required to keep working at it until you pass that minimum threshold. It's really not that much to ask. I wouldn't want my mechanic, doctor, or accountant to only do 70% of their job correctly.
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??? a C is a 70-79%. Not lower than 70.

In terms of your example, I wouldn't either but also at the same time, there's many who are those professions who got C's in school ::gasp!::

B means you've achieved a minimal level of competence, but it's certainly nothing to be proud of.
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lol ok...

Glad my parents didn't feel that way. I would have been stressed out beyond belief as a kid. I had B's and A's.
 
Bgamer90 said:
Glad my parents didn't feel that way. I would have been stressed out beyond belief as a kid. I had B's and A's.
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Why can't parents be proud of the A's and say "you're close but you need to work harder" for the B's?

Setting high standards is the only way for people to achieve their potential.
 
Zzoram said:
I don't think it's so much grade inflation as that the people who go to Harvard are typically smart already, so they are strong academic performers.

Harvard should have more A students than a low ranking university that accepts weaker students.
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Nope.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/2/13/c-minus-prof-to-give-more-as/

The Kenan professor of government has reinstituted his famous two-grade system. Students in Government 1059, “Topics in Political Philosophy: Natural Right,” and Government 1061, “The History of Modern Political Philosophy,” will receive two marks—one in private and one officially submitted to the Office of the Registrar.

In Mansfield’s “true and serious” grading system, 5 percent of students will receive A’s, and 15 percent will receive A-minuses. But Mansfield won’t share those marks with anyone other than his teaching fellows and students.

By contrast, Mansfield’s “ironic” grade—the only one that will appear on official transcripts—will follow average grade distribution in the College, with about a quarter of students receiving A’s and another quarter receiving A-minues.
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Grade inflation.
 
Zzoram said:
I don't think it's so much grade inflation as that the people who go to Harvard are typically smart already, so they are strong academic performers.

Harvard should have more A students than a low ranking university that accepts weaker students.
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I thought a large bulk of Harvard students weren't necessarily there because of brains. Many are there due to family connections.
 
Zzoram said:
Why can't parents be proud of the A's and say "you're close but you need to work harder" for the B's?

Setting high standards is the only way for people to achieve their potential.
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Maybe because my best was a B in the classes in which I got a B?

Why can't parents be happy with B's but at the same time say "Let's see if you can get an A next time..."

And yes, high standards can make people achieve their potential but at the same time, there's usually a cost in making them too high. My friend in high school (who was born in China), got punished for having a 93 average (his parents wanted 95+). He did well in school (and in the top 10 of the class) but he basically hates his parents and wish he did more fun things growing up. He doesn't have fond childhood memories.

Heck to be honest, the majority of the top 10 kids from my high school have emotional issues and/or aren't doing what people thought they would do after graduating.
 
Bgamer90 said:
Maybe because my best was a B in the classes in which I got a B?

And yes, high standards can make people achieve their potential but at the same time, there's usually a cost in making them too high. My friend in high school (who was born in China), got punished for having a 93 average (his parents wanted 95+). He did well in school (and in the top 10 of the class) but he basically hates his parents and wish he did more fun things growing up. He doesn't have fond childhood memories.
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I'm not saying you have to punish children for getting B's, just that you should encourage them to try to do even better.
 
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