Reading that article again something struck me which was the comment about numerical grades. I dont understand why anyone would ever give out anything else. Thruout my school days you never recieved anything but a numerical grade. D was just scraping by with 50-59 percent. C 60-69 percent, B 70-79 percent and A 80-100 percent. The alphabetical designators were just for convenience, what matterd was where you were on the numerical scale and nobody would dare question it. If you got 69 percent you either worked harder for the next test - or not - depending on your motivation, but you did not go snivelling to the teachers whining about the grade.

But of course that was in the days before shrinks convinced folks it was better to feel educated than to actually know stuff. I suspect I would not last long as an academic as I'd have zero tolerance for anyone who tried pulling that crap with me, or for any administration which allowed it.

- Peter.

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