The grading letters for Romania are used in the 1-4 grades. The meanings are: I- Insufficient S- Sufficient B- Good (Bine) FB- Very good (Foarte Bine)

In Italy there were many systems because they are used for different things. From elementary school all the way to high-school, students are graded on a 1-10 scale (though, usually the lowest grade given is 2). Then, high-school final exams are graded on a 1-100 scale. For university the 1-30 scale is used, but you can also get a "30 with honours", which is sometimes counted as 31. Finally, the 1-110 scale is only used to grade university final exams.

In Russia, "1" as a grade was used ip until like 2000s. But since most teachers put a "2" grade on poorly made tasks, "1" grade just kinda... ceased to be.

03:53 in Greece we have grading systems about the different education system (primary, secondary or tertiary education system). In 1st and 2nd grades in Greek primary schools there is only descriptive evaluation, with no grades included. In the 3rd and 4th grade grades are only letters (Α-Δ which explains the grades of a student from the excelent to almost good) and in 5th and 6th grades numbers ranging from 1-10 are used. In secondary greek education we have a 20-point grading system (Gymnasium/Middle School and Lyceum/ High School). In the tertiary education systems (univeristies and polytechnics ) we have the 0.00-10.00 grading system and the pass is from 5.00 grade

4:04 You can fail a class. 2 is a failing grade, and 1 is only ever given symbolically. Getting a 1 means you messed up so bad that saying you failed would be an understatement. You really need to go out of your way to earn a 1.

In Denmark the "passed" is grade 02, unsatisfactory is 00, and the -3 is only for when you dont show up, but i guess also for other severe fuckups. It is very rare and most cases are deliberate so as to retake the exam seriously the 2nd time. But i guess a lot of troublemakers get them too, yet i doubt they go around telling it.

3:48 Not a ferry: you have to cross a closed jungle by foot. There's ground connection, but no road. It's called the Darien Gap.

I'm Dutch and my book did mention Brazil and how they traded New Amsterdam (NY) for more land there to grow sugar. Also fun fact Urk is the most backwards place in the Netherlands with a long shot.

That map is a bit wrong in my country. In Lithuania, we use 2-10 for regular grades. 1 is reserved only if you write nothing or annoy the teacher to the point where she wants to quit their job.

In England and Wales, in secondary schools (middle school in the US), the grading system is U-9 (with U being “ungradeable”), then all numbers from 1-9. Some schools use the “plus and minus” to tell how far a student is from the next grade. In Sixth Form/College (High School in the US) the grading system is U-A* (U also being “ungradeable”, but then the lettering system goes E-A*, with A* (pronounced A star) being higher than an A. Typically “plus and minus” are not used. The grading system has been changed so many times though, since World War Two.

For Ireland, the 3 grading systems are based off of what level of exam you undertake. NG-A is the entry level exams, called the “junior cert”, and the H1/O1/F1 is the “leaving cert” (kinda similar to the SAT in a way) depends on what difficulty of the subject you undertake, higher, ordinary and foundation level. Hope it clears up for anyone wondering

What makes the text book thing funnier is that the second biggest city, and one of (if not THE) most recognized cities in Sweden, Göteborg (Or Gothenburg), was built by the Dutch.

8:36 Poland was an elective monarchy. Basicly half monarchy half republic. We had a king and after his death instead of making his child a king there were elections in Poland during which the nobility (which made up around 10% of population) were electing a new king.

I love Drew's reaction at the Danish grading system's negativity, yet still he doesn't know the full power of the ridiculous system -3, 00, 02, 4, 7, 10 and 12 are perfect grades And yes, those 0's are necessary 🙃

I’m from Moldova, and we have started using this system in recent years too, but the “I, S, B, FB” in Romania stands for: -Insufficient -Sufficient -Good -Very good

6:05 The Dutch island known as Urk is mostly known in the Netherlands as the incest village

In Poland we have two grading systems. One is 1-6 as shown in the video. The other one is 2-5 (like in Russia), which is used in universities. In this system 2 is a failing grade.

4:53 In Romania I (insuficient - not enough) S (suficient - enough) B (bine - well) FB (foarte bine - very well) are grades used in the first 5 years of school. After the 4th grade (we start to number the years of school from 0) students have 1- if they were caught cheating and from 2 to 10 but many teachers start to give grades from 4.

I'm from the former GDR and in my dad's school maps the western part of Berlin wasn't blank as you showed it, but green. It looked like the world's largest city park, with ponds and pathways etc.

In Canada we use: 1- Below expectations 2-Getting there 3-Meeting expectations 3+-Surpassing expectations 4-Excelling expectations

As a Spanish, it's so weird that so few countries use grading 0-10, like 0-10 or 0-100 are the most logical and intuitive of all

For the Bulgarian grading system it's just like: 2 - Failed 3 - Average 4 - Good 5 - Very Good 6 - Excellent How this works is simple: You multiply your result points by 6, then divide by the max test points and see where the final grade lies between 2 to 6

Citizen from the destroyed Island Urk here, pretty funny to see my little town being mentioned in youre video. Nice video, keep up the good work😄

4:53 the letters are used in primary school, I is insufficient (insuficient), S is sufficient(suficient), B is good(bine) and FB is very good(Foarte bine). Great video !

The reason why the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at 8:40, has it's own category is because we had an "Electoral Monarcy". Basically after the death of the last Jagiellonian king in 1572. The "szlachta" or nobility (which was a very strong faction in Poland) decided to change the system to an electoral monarchy. This Pretty much meant that they could elect the next king of the PLC. This is also the reason why Poland had so many foreign kings like the Vasa dynasty from Sweden.

4:03 1s can be used as a grade in Russia but it's rare. We usually use 2 as just the failure mark.

3:25 A state may not have an Interstate and US Highway of the same number. Since US-60 and US-50 already exist, I-50 and I-60 could not be built because they would go through those states, I-50 with US-60 and I-60 with US-50. The US numbering scheme starts in the northeast, greater numbers are farther west and south. Interstate numbering scheme starts in southwest, greater numbers are farther east and north.

4:59 In Romania I means insuficient(the worst) S means suficient B means bine(good) And FB means foarte bine(very good) But these grades are from fisrst grade to 4th grade When you enter 5th grade you get graded from 1-10

For the olive oil vs butter thing in france it really depends on the region. In the northern half it's mostly butter and in the southern half it's mostly olive oil. Most of iconic recipies of french cuisine is from the norther half of the country, southern half cuisine being closer to other mediterranean traditions and less unique.

Dia dhuit from The Republic of Ireland. To explain our grading system: This system is used for regular yearly grading and for our Junior Cert - Taken in 3rd Year to represent 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of learning - 14-16 years old: NG - Not Graded - 0-20% A - Just your average A - 90-100% (D for Distinction is used for Junior Cert) Our Leaving Cert which is taken in 6th Year to represent 5th and 6th year, 4th Year is mostly to prepare students for the world of world for work so you don't do much academic learning that year: H1-H8 - High level for your smartiest of students. 1 is better than 8. O1-O8 - Ordinary level or lower level you your average Joe. 1-8 is same as H1-H8. F1-F8 - For students that need extra help with their learning. This level is only given for Irish language class and Maths as they are the hardest. If you have dyslexia or a similar learning disorder or you entered Ireland after the age of 12 (the youngest age you can legally enter secondary school) you may be exempt from Irish. P.S. each level and grade give more or less CAO points (points that are looked at by unis and colleges. They often have minimum requirements for their courses. These requirements have skyrocketted since the start of Covid as getting higher points was made easier). You can look up CAO calculator and mess around with it to understand but the max points is 625. You take 7 exam subjects in you Leaving Cert for 5th and 6th Year. You can be put into class levels depending on your capabilities which are listed as Higher, Ordinary and Foundation Level. If you take Higher for at least 6 of these subjects, one of these including Maths and you get 90-100% on you Leaving Cert you can get 625 points. Each H1 = 100 points and it only counts your top 6 scores. If you take Higher Maths you get 25 extra points for a total of 625. Thanks for reading, you now understand the Irish grading system a bit better.

In Romania I means insuficient (insufficient), S means suficient (sufficient), B means bine (OK) and FB is foarte bine (very good). This grading system is used for primary school, afterwards we use the 1-10 system (10 is maximum grade).

In Romania in primary school ( 1-4 grade) we use I (insufficient) S (Sufficient) B (Bine/Good) FB (Foarte bine/very good) and they are pretty much useless because almost all of the students are getting FBs. And from 5 to the 12th grade we use 1-10 which is much more accurate for the evaluation of a student

In Romania the grading from classes 1-4 is the I,S,B,FB And it stands for -I=insuficient (same in Romain and English) -S=suficient same as I -B=Bine(good) -FB=Foarte bine(Very good)

3:02 Imagine living in Kansas: "Yeah, I'm from Kansas, too." "Really? Which county?" "The fifth rectangle from the left, third from the top."

In hindsight, it is pretty weird that Germany's grade system is backwards. I always thought is was normal, because it was like the places in Europe.

4:04 no, you can fail a class in Russia, we just have this separate thing that isn’t a number where the teacher would just put a straight line as the grade, which basically means that you failed

To quickly explain Ireland's grading system: We have a state exam for college entry called the leaving cert, where you take a minimum of 6 subjects with three of those being mandatory. Every subject is split into two levels, higher and ordinary level, with the mandatory subjects having an extra level, foundation. You get your grade in each of these subjects based on the level you did and your grade in that exam (the smaller the number the higher the grade, 8 to 1). So if you got a 95% in higher level maths you'd have a H1, a 62% in ordinary level Spanish would be an O4 and a 9% in foundation level Irish would be an F8. There's some more, smaller complexities to it but that's the basic rundown. It used to be much worse, but it was simplified a few years ago for a whole bunch of reasons.

For those curious why Poland-Lithuania had its own label in the government form map, its because they were effectively an elective monarch It functioned like a modern constitutional monarchy except that rather than there being a king family there's king elections and instead of king being powerless the king was *almost* powerless Each king on the Polish throne had to sign a thing that limited their power, and if they refused another king would just be elected that wouldn't mind the limitations

Yeah my guess was the Netherlands as well, since Suriname was the only South American country and I thought It would be odd for anybody to mention that obscure country in their history book, unless it was Dutch, since Suriname used to be Dutch Guyana, so it would only makes sense to mention it in the Dutch history book and nobody elses I would think.

Italian here, I can give some context for the grades in my country. So in school we have a 1-10 numbering system, for our final high school exams (and some technical school certifications) we have scores 1-100. Now here comes the weird part: in university when we take an exam, our grades are 0-30 (anything above 18 is passing) with an added cum laude, which just means that the professor complimented us on our work, so 30 and 30L (cum laude) are worth the same amount, except 30L is with added compliments. The weirdest of all is that this grading system is then converted into 0-110 for our university diplomas, with cum laude if our points reach over 110 (so anything above 111 is turned into 110L). It sounds very complicated but it really is not.

Just to clarify the messy situation in Italy: Grades in school tests are 0 to 10, BUT the final high school exam is 0 to 100. Grades in university exams are 0 to 30, BUT the final degree thesis points are 0 to 110.

5:12 Not to mention that you dont use the "E" for some reason.

In Greece grading system it's a bit more complicated: --> 1st to 2nd grade of primary school children are not graded --> 3rd to 4th grade of primary school they are graded from A (best) to D (worst) (Α-Β-Γ-Δ) though "Δ" is never used --> 5th to 6th grade of primary school they are graded from 10 (best) to 1 (worst) though below 6 are never used --> 1st to 3rd grade of middle school and 1st to 3rd grade of high school they are graded from 20 (best) to 1 (worst) though below 7 is never used (in most cases if the teacher isn't a psycho) | pass with 10 or above but if you have fail a single class or more, you need to end the year with 13 or above to pass --> For university/collage/TEI/VET the grades are from 10 (best) to 1 (worst) | pass with 5 or above

10:50 Why do I have the impulse to draw a wizard in that BLANK space?

Drew, I can explain to you what was going on with the government in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 8:40. There was a king and the knighthood which turned into nobility, i.e. the nobility had more influence in the country than the king

In Romania , in elementary school there is I ( insuficient - not enough ) , S ( suficient -enough ) , B ( Bine - good ) , FB ( Foarte Bine - Very good ) from least to best . And after elementary , everything is graded with 1-10

see it on a clean enough day” joke was SO unexpected and really a great intro to this video

The grades in Denmark are -3, 00, 02, 4, 7, 10, 12. The -3 is almost never used and can only be used when the student doesn't show up to the test. Also you pass the test at 02 or over.

Ireland has 3 levels of difficulty, foundational, ordinary and Higher level, for the leaving cert (final exams) each level is split into 8 grades, eg H8 to H1. When applying for college you have to convert your grade to CAO points(from 0-100, but higher maths can grant 125 points for a H1) so the maximum points that can be gained is 625 (On average 6 people achieve this every year, across the country). There is then a completely different system for your junior cert (determines what difficulty level you get) graded as no grade, partially achieved, achieved, merit, higher merit and distinction.

Denmark 🇩🇰 : -3 is only when you do not meet up for exams or not deliver your appointment. 00 - F 02 - E 4 - D 7 - C 10 - B 12 - A You can get either + or - on your grades, which is equivelant to fx A+ or B-

for Romania, I S B and FB is used only for the classes 1-4 and it basically means I = not good enough , S = sufficient , B = good , FB = very good. For the rest of the classes we use numbers (1 -10) as grades. I hope I helped u guys.

4:40 I am from Denmark, I can confirm that negative 3 is very hurtful.

10:04 Oh, oh no,... I didn't know that even foreigners know about this...

Bulgarian here, grade 1 is usually given to those who cheat (that’s why it goes from 2-6). They’re usually written like this next to your work/in your grade notebook: (weak) 2 - basically means fail (middle) 3 - barely passed (good) 4 - good pass (very good) 5 - almost perfect (excellent) 6 - perfect

Money don't give happiness: information gives happiness. I love you Drew!

4:17 in Italy 1-10 is the usual, 0-100 is for the last high school test, 0-30 is for normal university's test and 0-110 is for the final exam

In Italy we use from elementary school to high school 1-10 and I guess the 0-100/110 is used for universities, faculties ecc.

For the Irish system its H1-H8 ( higher level, most difficult ) O1-O8 ( ordinary level, middle tier) F1-F8 (foundation level easiest) with 1 being highest grade and 8 being lowest.

3:53 here is more about the Finnish grafing system: 10 = Excellent 9 1/2 9+ 9 = Laudable 9- 8 1/2 8+ 8 = Good 8- 7 1/2 7+ 7 = Ok 7- 6 1/2 6+ 6 = Moderate 6- 5 1/2 5+ 5 = Passable 5- 4 1/2 4+ 4 = Rejected

Shown grades for Slovakia apply for elementary and high schools only. Universities have grades A, B, C, D and FX. I also include verbal description of grades 1/A (Výborne) - Perfect 2/B (Chválitebne) - Praise worthy 3/C (Dobre) - Well 4/D (Dostatočne) - Enough 5/FX (Nedostatočne) - Not enough But be aware that our mothers see everything other than 1/A a bad grade. I cant count how many times I have been scolded and beaten when I did get 2 or 3

2:27oh my goodness was that kim jon un?

"Oh my goodnes was that king jon ung" That made me laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣

4:31 exactly lmao if you don't even bother or you submit something completely irrelevant, like if you just wrote out the bee movie script on your test, you get a U

I just love how that history book mentions literally all of Europe except for Slovenia This is just gold

6:15 Urk is very famous in the Netherlands as a kind of Alabama like place

5:00 In Romania, in elementary school you get graded I, S, B, FB which are the initials of the words that grade you, and from 5th grade onwards, you get marked 1-10, and if you get a 9.5 for example, you get a 10. If your average at a subject ends in .5 or more it goes up, but the overall average for all the subjects is precise, and goes up to 2 decimals.

3:53 in russia we have 1 - 5 1 if you did nothing 2 if u failed 3 if 50/50 4 if good and 5 if there are 1 or 2 mistakes and we also have - and +

10:58 looks like a wizard

For the Romanian grading system: each letter is the short version for adjectives that describe how the student performed: I - not enough ; FB - very good We use this grades 1 - 4

Romanian Grading Systems: - I,S,B,FB(used in elementary school or prep grade to 4th grade) -1-10 (used from 5th to 12th grade and at university) -0-100(used sometimes from 3rd to 12th grade but rarely ever used outside of competition.) I stand for Insufficient(Insuficient/Nesatisfăcător) S stands for Sufficient(Suficient/Satisfăcător) B stands for Good(Bine) FB stands for Very Good (Foarte bine).

Really good job on the thumbnail, Drew. I know you often say you have distaste in your thumbnails, but this one is very good, the colors attract ones eyes.

In Finland the grades go from 4-10. 8 being good 9 great 10 excellent. 7 is ok. 6 is meh. 5 is like unsatisfactory but passing. And 4 is a failure.

In Ireland there is two parts to the grading system, higher H1-8 and ordinary O1-8 higher is worth more points but is harder and ordinary is worth less but is easier

Bulgaria grading system in the past was 1 to 6, where 2 meant fail but 1 meant that you were caught cheating on a test. Later 1 was removed so we are left with 2-6. Dont know if it's the same with other countries starting from 2

Drew admitting to not knowing about Bulgaria up until he was 24 is shocking since i would expect Drew, such an intellectual in geography, to know about such a country since he was 6.

3:18 credit to cgp grey (i know because i watched the video

9:00 In reality France is cut in half, the north using more butter and the south using more oil

In Romania, the grading changes after 4th grade to 1-10. Befor 5th grade, it is I for insufficient S for sufficient B for good FB for very good FB would be 9 or 10, for example

In Poland we also use pluses and minuses, so you can get 4+ or 2- or whatever, they never land on end year grades though and some teachers do not use them at all

Even though we do use 1-10 and some schools 0-10(Netherlands) most schools cap the lowest grade to around 3 as anything below it is pretty much unrecovarable according to them

In Romania grade from class 0-4 Uses I, S, B, FB I (insufficient) S (Sufficient) B ( Good) FB (Very good)

5:55 LOL that's Urk. it's a weird village

"This is a lot of stuff going on in our skies." Sounds a lot like what Hans the German said during WW2, Drew.

1:38 ah yes greenland is once again "No data" lol

In Ireland the H stands for higher level, O is ordinary and F foundation and then the numbers is just how well you do

In Romania, the letter grades are for kindergarteners and 1-4 grades I stands for insufficient S stands for sufficient (lowest passing grade) B for good (bine) FB for very good (foarte bine) if we had to compare them to american grades it would be similar to a F, D, B, A+ system

Rating from 1 - 10 seems the most natural to me. 1 to 100 is basically the same, except we round it at the end of the year... How do letter ratings make sense? "What did you get for your test?" "I got a B!" "What's that, is that good?" "It's 80%" "Ah so 8 out of 10... that's great!" Everyone will know what 8 out of 10 is, but only some people will know what a C- is. I know it's a passing grade, but what is it? 60% 65%

Yo Drew be looking Epic with the hair today.

4:54 Since I'm romanian, I decided to answer what it means. Basically this is qualitative evaluation, a way of easily measuring grades in primary schools These four mean: I - Insuficient (Insufficient in english) S - Suficient (Sufficient in english) B- Bine (Good in english) FB- Foarte Bine (Very Good in english) These are only used in primary school though, the rest uses 1-10

Honestly as a teacher from Denmark it pains me that we have the least motivating system of them all... "Sorry kid, you've not only done bad, I'm deducting points from the total..."

Surprised he didn't know Bulgaria existed. I knew it existed since I was 10 lol

3:52 I wanted to point out that in Albania 🇦🇱 the grading system isn’t from 1-10 but actually from 4-10. I know this cuz I’m albanian, but i actually don’t know why...

Im from Denmark, and -3 is for, when you do not even deliver a product, or dont even come to the exam.

in our school we do it used to be a 1-7 system but then they changed it into words 1- B: Beginning (Fail) 2- BA: Beginning Approaching 3- AP: Approaching (Pass) 4- AM: Approaching Meeting 5- M: Meeting 6- MA: Meeting Advanced 7- A: Advanced

0:53 in Greece 3 and 4 grades are Α Β Γ 5 and 6 grades are 0-10 7, 8,...-12 grades are 0-20

0:05 Judging from the fact that Suriname is apparently mentioned when no other South American state is, there's a good chance it's Netherlands. Then again, I'm pretty sure the Dutch would boast about briefly ruling the northeastern coast of Brazil, so maybe not.

About the two grading systems in Germany: In the 6-->1 system you pass an exam having a 4, but in the 0-->15 system you don´t, while if you have a 5 in the 0-->15 system you pass the exam, but not in the 6-->1 system. I don´t know when or why the 0-->15 system was introduced. Objectively it is better, but it´s very confusing, because the most time the 6-->1 system is used, that is already used for many decades. The 6-->1 system is used in school from 1st to 10th class and at the university, while the 0-->15 system is only used from 11th to 12th class. This bureaucracy might be one day the end for Germany.

6 in Poland is like a bonus, if you are SOO good at a class you get a "S" that boosts your grade hard. We also have like 5- 4+ you know.

0:01 it depends on the grade your in, bc my current history book only mentions the USA, Britain, France, Germany, the USSR and maybe Vietnam and Afghanistan (German school book)

Can someone in America explain why it immediatly goes from D- to F, totally skipping E?