We feel it in Defoe or Fielding. And then, in the mean Jane Austen, it is gone. Already this old maid typifies personality' instead of character, the sharp knowing in apartness instead of knowing in togetherness, and she is, to my feeling, thoroughly unpleasant, English in the bad, mean, snobbish sense of the word, just as Fielding is English in the good, generous sense. A grade is a formal judgement of your work for which, if asked, I should be able to give reasons. All good universities that I know of have a grading system, and all of us make constant evaluations as part of the business of life.
Grades are necessary, though there is much more to education than just grades.
When you give a class report, I will make a few comments and discussion will follow. Term Papers . If your work may be late, you must let me know, give a reason, and estimate when it will be completed. Papers do go missing, if rarely, and it is your responsibility to keep a reserve copy of any written work you submit. Final Exam .