Why There Is No E in the Grading Scale

Why There Is No E in the Grading Scale Remember that nervous feeling on report card day as a kid? You spend all day with a racing mind wondering what grades you got. Straight As? Some Bs? Will Mom and Dad be mad about Cs and Ds? Or did I get any Fs?? Hold on…why isn’t there a grade E?? Well, the short answer is that F simply stands for “failure” on the grading scale since “failure” begins with the letter F. Teachers didn’t want E to be interpreted as “excellent” beyond primary school, as percentages come in when you’re in middle school, high school, and college. Poor lonely E! Other videos you might like: Why School Buses Are Yellow https://youtu.be/NKeEfLiXhJ4 Why “C” Students Are More Successful Than “A” Students https://youtu.be/iGq4thkAk5E That's How You Can Confuse Your Math Teacher https://youtu.be/kYmjEu7uZKI TIMESTAMPS: The short answer 0:25 “E” wasn’t always excluded 1:07 Other facts about U.S. schools: Measurement System 2:41 Dress Codes and Uniforms 3:05 The Structure of the U.S. School System 3:47 The American Academic Year 4:43 America’s First School is Almost 400 Years Old! 5:33 Early U.S. “Academics” 6:12 Pre-School 6:40 The U.S. Workplace and Higher Education 7:23 Field Trips 7:54 School Sports 8:37 Relaxed Classroom Environment 9:24 Each State is Different 10:01 #grades #school #brightside SUMMARY: -F simply stands for “failure” on the grading scale since “failure” begins with the letter F. Teachers didn’t want E to be interpreted as “excellent” beyond primary school, as percentages come in when you’re in middle school, high school, and college. -The first school to use a grading scale model similar to our modern one was a school in Massachusetts called Mount Holyoke College, an all-women’s university. In 1887, their scale went from A to E. -The Standard Measurement System is still taught in schools, while the rest of the world uses the Metric System. -Only about 20% of U.S. primary, junior, and high schools require uniforms. -The U.S. school system starts with preschool, then kindergarten at the age of 5 and lasts till 12th grade at age 17 or 18. -American students spend about 180 days a year in school. -The original 13 American colonies opened The Boston Latin School, America’s first public school, in 1635. -Early American schools didn’t teach subjects like reading or science; the early colonists wanted to teach their children more about family and community values. -If parents want their child to “get ahead,” or just to acclimate them to a social learning situation, enrolling their child in pre-school at about 3 or 4 years old is considered ideal. -About 85% of current jobs in the U.S., and 90% of new ones, require some college or post-secondary education. -Most experienced U.S. teachers agree that field trips can and should be an integral part of a student’s education. -Most schools offer football (the American kind), basketball, wresting, tennis, volleyball, softball, and baseball. -Students and teachers often joke with each other, and exchange high-fives in the hallways. -There will be differences in grading scales, testing requirements, class structure, rules…pretty much everything state to state. Music by Epidemic Sound https://ift.tt/1NOjjY3 Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://ift.tt/1NR4JJP Instagram: https://ift.tt/2pDikkf 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://ift.tt/2pNb6gr Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://ift.tt/23rGg9b https://ift.tt/1eYTOMy https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: https://ift.tt/2d8ayZz