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collinmcnultytoday at 5:05 AM2 repliesview on HN

Agreed completely on this. I almost wonder if it’d be more palatable to add a grade above A, like a Japanese style “S”.


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drnick1today at 5:46 AM

That already exists, it's called an A+.

Mountain_Skiestoday at 5:51 AM

American high schools are already doing a form of this, with certain classes earning more than a 4.0 score in GPA calculations. 5.0 is quite common now, with 6.0 and even 7.0 scores on individual classes being possible.