Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I'm not saying that PC is good though, but in context of F, it's great. It means 1 GPA point and 3 (or whatever amount) of credit points, instead of 0 and 0.I'm not focusing on the effect a PC causes to GPA. In fact the different of getting 45 or 64 is 19 marks but only 1 in GPA. And decidedly one has a PC shouldn't have expected any higher grade than a Pass as well. So the difference here is only 1 in GPA. Is it much? I suppose not.
So why (given ur pov is quite rite, and I think so 2)? It's because even u don't fail, u take it as a Fail. Just like the uni is feeling poor 4 u so they don't fail u, rite? In usual grading system, there is nothing like PC (at least it is in my homeland's grading system as well). It's like a pathetic gift 4 some lazy and ignorant students, lol. And one gets it feel something like "shame on u to get this". Any one agrees?
Speaking about the difference between 45 and 64, yeah, only 1 GPA point between them, but what about the complete lack of difference between 75 and 100?