I don't get her explanation of her results - 70 does equal 70% in UK marks. As someone else said, she shouldn't be surprised to be getting high marks when she studies all the time. That would explain why she disagreed with her feedback (regardless of what the token text on the screen says), demonstrating that her remarks about being 'surprised' are disingenuous. Just the way she reported the 67 in her summary of her marks shows how bad she considers that to be, she barely say it without grimacing.
I think it's part of her two-stage grief process of Entitlement, then Denial.
"I really should have gotten a much higher score for this. Don't they know who I am? Well, now that I think about it, nobody would've gotten a higher score for this anyway. I got the highest score they would've given anyone." Like when she says things like "Nobody gets above an 85, it just doesn't happen." Yeah, it absolutely does (less common, sure, but entirely possible,) but Ruby has conditioned herself to believe that if it's a higher grade than she's ever got, it just doesn't exist.
I also had flashbacks to that first uni essay reaction video where she had a mental breakdown because she wilfully ignored the essay structure/subject guidelines, got a bad grade during a year which didn't count towards her final grade anyway, then cried about it with utter entitlement. She said something like "I was expecting higher, like a 2:1, because I know you can't predict getting a First and you shouldn't expect a First..." So, she was absolutely expecting a First, but she's oh so humble.
Also, at 4:20 (nice) she mentions that this was the assignment she enjoyed the least - says that she needs to bear in mind, 'don't write an essay which isn't exciting'. She's coming to the end of her third year at Exeter - you'd think that wouldn't be the message she takes from this, but here we are.
Thisthisthis, so much. I though the exact same thing the second she started saying "Okay, I do keep doing that, that's something I'll definitely need to think about in future." Ruby, you've been doing this for like 3 plus years now and I imagine getting all the same comments from lecturers. Time has run out for you to improve. That's like slamming on the breaks five minutes after your car slammed into a ditch. But it's the classic Ruby 'I'll say I'll change something, then just keep doing it because change requires effort and ultimately, I shouldn't have to change since I'm perfect" tactic.
Seeing Ruby respond to a reasonable and constructive criticism by holding a finger in the air and saying "...See, I disagree with that" gave a tiny glimpse into the hellscape of spoilt Tory Karen energy her lecturers must endure in every seminar and meeting with her. How many times has she interrupted a lecture and said those exact words? If there were a talking Ruby doll, one of her phrases would be "See, I disagree with that." Ruby, just change the things the people grading your essays ask you to, and you'll get better grades from them. It's simple. Insisting you're the arbiter of all knowledge and literacy when you can barely form words is not a wise path to take.
I saw her scores for 'Holocaust Memory' module pop up and kept expecting "...and a minus 500 for stealing money from Holocaust Charities and coming up with a flimsy, dubious cover story about building Holocaust memorials in "underfunded state schools" to avoid giving the money back. ...See, I disagree with that."
Would anyone mind recapping what marks she got? I can't bring myself to watch the video.
They were all far too high for someone who struggles to form a sentence.
I'm entirely convince that there's been an error on the system, and the faculty have simply mixed her up with a different student when assigning grades. Somewhere at Exeter Uni, there's a student called Rupert Grinjer who's constantly confused by his failing grades despite being a hard-working, intelligent person with impeccable language and literature skills.
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