Subj : Re: Academic grades should be USELESS To : comp.programming From : James Date : Mon Jul 25 2005 12:23 am Duane Bozarth wrote: ----------------- You gave a very good reply to my question.But Sir, if a student is getting less grades then you cannot infer that he is not serious about his prime job. As Mr Philps has said "he may be lacking the talent to play scholastic games". And what's more, the software firms needs a programmer and not someone who is good in cramming and writing the crammed answers in the answer booklet. .