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Just curious.

Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

(09-12-2013 01:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

Yupp. I remember some early grades being on the E/S/N/U grading scale. U being Unsatisfactory.

(09-12-2013 01:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

You know I about had a heart attack when my first grader came home last year with a report card full of "E's". I thought she had failed everything. Took me a minute to realize the "E" now stood for "excellent". I was so used to "E" meaning "fail".

(09-12-2013 01:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

Hey, never thought of that... Thanks...

All we got in Kindergarten were S's and U's...

Well, and F= Failed.

(09-12-2013 02:19 PM)JMUDunk Wrote: [ -> ]Well, and F= Failed.

You would know.

(09-12-2013 02:29 PM)RobertN Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 02:19 PM)JMUDunk Wrote: [ -> ]Well, and F= Failed.

You would know.

I know you are, what am I?

(09-12-2013 02:30 PM)JMUDunk Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 02:29 PM)RobertN Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 02:19 PM)JMUDunk Wrote: [ -> ]Well, and F= Failed.

You would know.

I know you are, what am I?

Drunk.

And they say we have an intellectual crisis in this country.
Obviously those who said that have never visited out threads.
Good thread.

(09-12-2013 01:22 PM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 01:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

You know I about had a heart attack when my first grader came home last year with a report card full of "E's". I thought she had failed everything. Took me a minute to realize the "E" now stood for "excellent". I was so used to "E" meaning "fail".

This is not new. I remember getting this scale through elementary school, and getting letter grades when I started middle school.

(09-12-2013 04:02 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 01:22 PM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 01:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

You know I about had a heart attack when my first grader came home last year with a report card full of "E's". I thought she had failed everything. Took me a minute to realize the "E" now stood for "excellent". I was so used to "E" meaning "fail".

This is not new. I remember getting this scale through elementary school, and getting letter grades when I started middle school.

It was new to me, but I adjusted rather rapidly.

F=fail.

(yes its really that simple)

a few actually use E instead of F though

(09-12-2013 04:02 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 01:22 PM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 01:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

You know I about had a heart attack when my first grader came home last year with a report card full of "E's". I thought she had failed everything. Took me a minute to realize the "E" now stood for "excellent". I was so used to "E" meaning "fail".

This is not new. I remember getting this scale through elementary school, and getting letter grades when I started middle school.

No kidding? I was in Kindergarten in 1984 and we got either an S or a U... When I got to first grade, it was all letter grades (A - F) from there...

(09-12-2013 04:39 PM)john01992 Wrote: [ -> ]F=fail.

(yes its really that simple)

a few actually use E instead of F though

Ok genius, WTF does A, B, C, and D mean then?

(09-12-2013 04:41 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 04:02 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 01:22 PM)VA49er Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 01:19 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously I don't know for sure, but we used to get conduct grades as well...

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement

Perhaps to avoid confusing a poor letter grade of E with an excellent conduct grade?

You know I about had a heart attack when my first grader came home last year with a report card full of "E's". I thought she had failed everything. Took me a minute to realize the "E" now stood for "excellent". I was so used to "E" meaning "fail".

This is not new. I remember getting this scale through elementary school, and getting letter grades when I started middle school.

No kidding? I was in Kindergarten in 1984 and we got either an S or a U... When I got to first grade, it was all letter grades (A - F) from there...

Fairly sure, but then I was in elementary school a long time ago.

I think we did E, S, and U until third grade, then the standard grading scale 3 on up.

Mobile County used "E" for failing when I was in elementary school.

(09-12-2013 04:42 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-12-2013 04:39 PM)john01992 Wrote: [ -> ]F=fail.

(yes its really that simple)

a few actually use E instead of F though

Ok genius, WTF does A, B, C, and D mean then?

they were just the 4 alphabetical letters for passing, E was also used in place of F. those 5 letters stand for nothing

but because F is only one letter off, and fail starts with it quickly became a commonly used abbreviation in place of E.

A lot of people have said that its used because E can be changed to B pretty easily, but thats a myth because the grading system was created by colleges.

the only real practical purpose the F has instead of an E is using it with the P/F system, but other than that it just evolved because it was simpler.

kinda like morse code with SOS. it was never intended to be a distress signal but simplicity made it the international standard

This brings back memories - I remember flirting with a "U" in the behavior boxes when I was first in school.........had a tough time keeping quiet in class. I shut-up better after a couple of paddlings.