I wanted to write a barbershop quartet, so my brother Ray wrote these words. The song isn't quite barbershop, but I like it. I may one day try to re-record the singing, since it's not really in tune. But if you can stand it, here it is.
[Spoken] Consider the worth of a soul: The value of human life The virtues of creativity, caring, and awesomeness The intricate and infinite dimensions of Personality yet these qualities, and many others The entire sum of human existence itself Can be measured, In a single, standard, relative scale
it goes to 4.0
[goes to 4 point 0, goes 4 point 0, goes from o to 4-0] In fourteen hundred and ninety-two (ninety-two) Columbus sailed the ocean blue (ocean blue) Now we have the tried and true (now we have the) GPA to measure You! (MEASURE YOU)
[Gonna get an A, gonna get an A, Gonna get me some A] If you study day and night (Friday night) and if you have no friends or life (it’s all right) you could get the highest grade (hope and pray that) you could get a PERFECT A!
[I just need a B, I just need a B, all I need is a B] GPA is very fair (cannot err) So we use it everywhere (every where) The perfect way to make or break (bones will break) A person’s life in second grade
[C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me] GPA is really great (super great) Unless your brain is second-rate (wal-mart bait) Then you’ll get an average grade (only average) And what’s worse an average wage
And there is Validity: Internally Externally On the Macro On the Micro It’s Peer-reviewed And proven true Your GPA Defines Y-O-U
[D’s are not so bad, D’s are not so bad, even Einstein got Ds] There was a time I got a ‘D’ (big fat D) And so my parents grounded me (Poor old me) I can’t afford to get them mad (that’s too sad) So I take shop instead of math
[Flunk and get an F, flunk and get an F, only losers get Fs] if you Fail, you get an F (F, F, F,) So now you know you’re not the best (or third-best) All the world’s a weighted curve (and you got) And you got what you deserve
[Gonna get an A, gonna get an A, Gonna get me some A]
[Spoken]
ReplyDeleteConsider the worth of a soul:
The value of human life
The virtues of creativity, caring, and awesomeness
The intricate and infinite dimensions of Personality
yet these qualities, and many others
The entire sum of human existence itself
Can be measured,
In a single, standard, relative scale
it goes to 4.0
[goes to 4 point 0, goes 4 point 0, goes from o to 4-0]
In fourteen hundred and ninety-two (ninety-two)
Columbus sailed the ocean blue (ocean blue)
Now we have the tried and true (now we have the)
GPA to measure You! (MEASURE YOU)
[Gonna get an A, gonna get an A, Gonna get me some A]
If you study day and night (Friday night)
and if you have no friends or life (it’s all right)
you could get the highest grade (hope and pray that)
you could get a PERFECT A!
[I just need a B, I just need a B, all I need is a B]
GPA is very fair (cannot err)
So we use it everywhere (every where)
The perfect way to make or break (bones will break)
A person’s life in second grade
[C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me]
GPA is really great (super great)
Unless your brain is second-rate (wal-mart bait)
Then you’ll get an average grade (only average)
And what’s worse an average wage
And there is Validity:
Internally
Externally
On the Macro
On the Micro
It’s Peer-reviewed
And proven true
Your GPA Defines Y-O-U
[D’s are not so bad, D’s are not so bad, even Einstein got Ds]
There was a time I got a ‘D’ (big fat D)
And so my parents grounded me (Poor old me)
I can’t afford to get them mad (that’s too sad)
So I take shop instead of math
[Flunk and get an F, flunk and get an F, only losers get Fs]
if you Fail, you get an F (F, F, F,)
So now you know you’re not the best (or third-best)
All the world’s a weighted curve (and you got)
And you got what you deserve
[Gonna get an A, gonna get an A, Gonna get me some A]