The Nine Kinds of Students

Hm, there's at least 1 more. I'm going to call it The Gamer. Here's how it goes:

Attends every class and listens intently. Corrects teacher when the book (or prior knowledge) differs from verbal/visual instruction. Helps other students if asked, but not if it interrupts own work. Generally only does homework if graded. Usually gets low A's or high B's and is content to stay there. If an achievement was on the line (e.g. 4.0 graduating GPA), extra work could be expected to the point of frenzy, but only if the achievement was close to completion.

That doesn't really fit any of those profiles, but I'm not the only person I've met like this.

School was always something to get through with a minimum of effort, but I could be coaxed into excelling by random events, like realizing I'm really close to a 4.0 GPA. (Yeah, that happened... Went for the paperwork, was easier than expected.)

Pretty entertaining in fact.

If I had to choose I think I would describe me as a Spy. (I have a Master's degree in Information system security)

It's funny to have a English teacher (A foreign language to me) saying in front of our class before the first test:

"Your grades will reflect your progression. Your grade will be: 10 + (Final Test) - (First Test)"

"Why some of you are laughing ? Is that funny ?"

I was hoping that the Spy would be the grad student auditing the course.

Where are the clever ones, who are too lazy or too busy doing their own project to get A every time?

Fun read.