Sebastian is my six-year old and he says some of the funniest things–we have no idea where he gets his material since his mother and I are rather boring, serious people.
With many kids across the country heading back to school, I thought I would share this school-based SAFS that occurred last year in the Spring.
Sebastian: “Daddy why is there no ‘E’?
Me: “Huh?”
Seba: “Why is there no letter ‘E’?”
Me: “I have no idea what you are talking about….”
Seba: “You know, for grades. There is an A, B, C, D, and F, but no E. How come?”
Me: “That is a really good question, I have no idea.”
Seba: “And what do they mean?”
Me: “Well, an A is the best, then comes B …”
Seba: “No, I mean what do they stand for? What does the A mean?”
Me: “As far as I know, nothing. The only one that stands for anything is ‘F’ which means ‘Fail’.”
Seba: “And what does that mean?”
Me: “That means you did not do well enough and you might have to do it all over again.”
Seba: “Are you sure that is the only one that means anything?”
Me: “Pretty sure.”
Seba: “Oh” [Sounding disappointed]
[Pause]
Me: “Why?”
Seba: “I thought the ‘D’ meant ‘Dufus’.”
the drunken cyclist 
If “D” were for “dufus”, in my day, many would not have got very far. That said, it really is quite scary how labels develop and stick. Made me laugh though! Have a good week.
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Thanks! Same to you!
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Here in NYC schools they don’t assign letters for grading it’s numbers 1-4 one is failing and 4 is the highest grade. D is for dufus, love that.
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I never knew that about the NYC schools–when was that scale implemented, do you know?
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No I don’t know but can find out. I have never seen number grades before coming to NYC
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D definitely should be for dufus!
Let’s start a campaign for it!
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I am ready to sign the petition!
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definitely Sundays with Sebastian:)
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This kid is one critical thinker.
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Without a doubt…
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