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 onwhy isnt 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 didnt want E to be interpreted as excellent beyond primary school, as percentages come in when youre in middle school, high school, and college. Poor lonely E! Date: 2022-04-19
