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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Baloo: [QB] Don't overcomplicate things where complication's not required. All we're really interested in whe we hear someone's grade is: <UL> [*]Did they pass or fail? [*]Did they do really well or did they just make it?</UL> the ABCDF scale gives us five coarse gradations between "very well done" and "dolt". If you want finer gradations, you can add a "plus" or "minus" to the letter grade to get (potentially)fifteen gradations ("F+" and "F-" seem particularly meaningless to me. Actually there's 13 useful gradations. If you're superstitious, stay home.) <Reality=Skewed>The letter grade system does not allow for fine graduation because (and this is not expressly stated in the system, but only implied) [b]teachers are, on average, DOLTS[/b]! You don't want to give some martinet too much room to maneuver, so why bother giving them a precision instrument (a percentage scale) when they will wield it as a sledge hammer? Better to give them the "sort 'em into 5 boxes" system we have today. They already have too many opportunities to scar these kids. Let's draw the line with reason.</Reality> --Baloo [/QB][/QUOTE]
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