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[garbon]

I think I read an explanation a long time ago that E could be confused with Excellent.  Or maybe they only wanted five positions, and skipped E because F suggests Fail.

Otherwise, it is a mystery.

But still there don't seem to be many countries that use E.

There was a time in the 90s and 00s where grades were changed to: E, S, N, F

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement
F - Fail

Thankfully, we got away from that.

Oh you know, I think that's what I had in elementary school in California. Maybe like K and 1st Grade.

[FunkMonk]

I remember having grades for behavior in elementary school that scored something similar. E for Excellent, S for Satisfactory, N for Needs Improvement, U for Unsatisfactory.

I always had E's or S's.

Actually, I think I got an N once. Don't remember why.

[Malthus]

I remember having grades for behavior in elementary school that scored something similar. E for Excellent, S for Satisfactory, N for Needs Improvement, U for Unsatisfactory.

I always had E's or S's.

Actually, I think I got an N once. Don't remember why.

Memory: Needs Improvement.

[merithyn]

I remember having grades for behavior in elementary school that scored something similar. E for Excellent, S for Satisfactory, N for Needs Improvement, U for Unsatisfactory.

I always had E's or S's.

Actually, I think I got an N once. Don't remember why.

That's right. It was U, not F. I couldn't remember which it was.

[Liep]

F and U together would make more sense for today's kids.

[Iormlund]

All my computer science courses, and even a high school class, were in C++, even before getting to object-oriented programming.  It does seem like an overly cumbersome language for learning, but it's commonly used for that purpose nonetheless.

I see. Back in my day you started with Pascal. I'd say Python should be the way to go now on that front.

[Josephus]

A B is not an E, but a 10. And to put it so Josephus can understand, somewhere between 80 and 90%. Apparently my pronunciation of the letters з, ш, щ, and ж needs working on.

Appreciate that. 

[DGuller]

I think I read an explanation a long time ago that E could be confused with Excellent.  Or maybe they only wanted five positions, and skipped E because F suggests Fail.

Otherwise, it is a mystery.

But still there don't seem to be many countries that use E.

There was a time in the 90s and 00s where grades were changed to: E, S, N, F

E - Excellent
S - Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement
F - Fail

Thankfully, we got away from that.

My high school had:

E - Excellent
G - Good
S - Satisfactory
N - No Credit

[Syt]

We had 1 - 6 in school, with 1 being best.

1 - Very good
2 - Good
3 - Satsifactory
4 - Sufficient
5 - Poor
6 - Insufficient

In the last few years these were then turned into 13 grades, with 13 = 1, 12 = 1-, 11 = 2+, 10 = 2 etc.

5 + 6 is what would be an F in the U.S.

[The Larch]

Back in my school days we had:

Matrícula de Honor (10)
Sobresaliente (9)
Notable (7-8)
Bien (6)
Suficiente (5)
Insuficiente (3-4)
Muy Deficiente (0-1-2)

In university it was the same with the exception that the "Bien" and "Muy Deficiente" categories dissappeared.

[Malthus]

Iranian scholar discovers - that Tom & Jerry is a Jewish Conspiracy! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40VFcJTIduw&feature=youtu.be

[Admiral Yi]

Just saw a bizarre story on CNN. 

Football player Chad Johnson was in court on a wife beating charge. Plea deal was stuck.  Female judge tells Chad how great his lawyer was and how appreciate he should be.  Chad gives lawyer (a dude) a pat on the ass.  Courtroom cracks up, judge gets pissed off, rescinds plea deal.  Chad gets 30 days in the slammer.

[The Brain]

Is that the judge who had a Swedish sucking machine under the robes? No wait probably not.

[Octavian]

Grumbler in his younger days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Y0wUnNcuI

[Zanza]