Many of us dread it, some people never even liked to know about it’s existence and for some it was simply a regular phase, no biggie we move… you guessed right, CARRY OVERS.
So its one of those popular phrases that never bid well, in fact I’ve never met anyone smiling about it, maybe you have. but like it or not, C.O’s are a constant feature of the higher institution… probably more constant than the S.U.G president.
Except for the naturally genius, the average student checks the carry over section of the result before even looking at his/her CGPA, while some wouldn’t even bother to check their grades…. the phrase “as long as I didn’t carry any course, we move” its just natural.
The average student prefers a “D” to a C.O.. anytime, any day. Average student, i know you love your A’s… me too
Okay, for those of you just tuning in to what a C.O might mean.. pay attention
A C.O in your finals means you don’t graduate and then you’ll have to repeat the course.
A C.O mid school means you’d retake the course for another 13 weeks or so, doing another set of assignments, tests and ultimately the exam…. oh lest I forget, its possible to carry a course twice.( okay sorry about that)
whether finals or mid- school, C.O’s are pretty annoying, stressful and time consuming, yet it has its advantages…. look at you anticipating my next line, advantages?
___A carry over under normal circumstances means you did not get the basic understanding of the course to at least attain an average score, thereby making you incompetent to graduate. It is simply a system put in place to help students get the best value out of school rather than skip the important basics.___
Did you take note of the fact thatIi italicized “under normal circumstances” ? True because sometimes other factors affect a carry over. You must have watched Kunle Afolayan’s movie - CITATION. the whole sex for grades issue or the lackadaisical habit of some lecturers towards marking or paying little or no attention to detail, the list goes on.
My point is most times a carry over isn’t entirely the student’s fault. which means my earlier impressive definition only applies in an almost perfect system.
So you probably weren’t well prepared for that paper, or it was just a bad day …. what ever the case, before the start of the new semester meet the lecturer and try to sort things out so it doesn’t repeat itself, not two days to the exam. Then study hard.
And remember, in an almost perfect system as my definition implies, your tests, assignments and term papers are equally important in lifting that grade to its desired spot, this is probably a topic for another day. Cheerio.