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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TIL that there is a letter grade E.  In my high school it was A, B, C, or F for anything below a 70.  In college I learned that some schools let you "pass" with a D, which was surprising to me.  Now we have Es?[/quote]
The E grade has been used in MCPS forever.  It's really not a big deal.  E is the same as "F for failing".  They just use the letter because it's the next letter in the alphabet after D.  Like I said, really not a big deal.  As for Ds, yes you can "pass" a class with a D, but it doesn't help you transcript-wise so it's your loss if that's what you earn.  [/quote]

No, they got rid of the F because it is associated with "Fail" and it would absolutely be terrible to suggest to a kid that they failed at anything.  Even if they did.  [/quote]

Yes, my understanding is that MCPS got rid of Fs years ago because of the feelings it gave kids....which is ridiculous, but whatever. Least of my concerns about MCPS these days.[/quote]
When was that? Because I graduated from MCPS in '92 and E was the norm.[/quote]

I was a kid in MCPS in the '90s and that it was an E then and that justification of not wanting to use F for failure for fear of demoralizing kids is what we were told for why E was used.

I didn't say it was a new thing, but that has long been the stance on Fs in MCPS.

Unfortunately for them, colleges do not care about your feelings and don't mind handing out Fs on assignments or in classes so it's quite the wake-up call for MCPS kids once they step out of the bubble.[/quote]

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