A former teaching assistant recently wrote to the New York Times about his experience with grade expectations.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Saturday and Sunday. One subject for discussion will be falling expectations for world economic growth.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Too many in the region wake up with few expectations other than making it through the day, and perhaps the hope that their luck will change."

VOA: special.2011.05.21

Sebastien Galy says growth expectations for the euro area have dropped.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Shoulders stooped, broad back Bent with weighted expectations from Umi,Khaltu,Fatima and Baba Eagerly awaiting your return, the Conquering hero With Big Macs And blue jeans For all They tricked us.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Forty-seven comments followed a story about college student grade expectations.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

These mismatched expectations can just lead to problems."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

"The committee continues to anticipate that the economic conditions -- including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends and stable inflation expectations -- are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period."

VOA: special.2011.04.29

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says there are some encouraging signs about the economy, but he was quick to temper expectations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

How,one asks,will the government satisfy the energy demands resulting from the rising expectations of its 1.3 billion, consumer-hungry people?

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Baswedan says there is growing concern that President Obama cannot live up to high expectations Indonesians have set for him.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

Herzog said Israel does not know what Hamas's demands are and therefore "it would be appropriate to keep expectations realistic."

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

On the positive side, the Commerce Department reports U.S.factory orders rose 0.4 percent in June, beating analysts' expectations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"Rome" and "Big Love." Poul says his challenge was to balance the expectations audiences have for this genre.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30