2026-08-27T05:00:46Z https://nostr.now Cat Hicks https://nostr.now/npub18g0d4j2g7k6zll4jkr4clkp6vuurlyakdsrs2f4fv0ywnqfmjhuqm00a9e https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/322/080/955/260/878/original/a0f0b137d3a05159.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/322/080/955/260/878/original/a0f0b137d3a05159.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0av9z00p339aw3tl0hvydge9wsnuy29san70e6a995vvl9z23sdszyqapakkffr6mgtl7k2cwhr7c8fnns0unkekqwpfx493u36vp8w2ls0pkvfa You might be surprised to hear this from someone who spent as many years as I&#39;ve spent doing big data analyses for public schools, but I went most of my life without getting grades (I was homeschooled until college!). <br/><br/>I can still remember the swirling disorientation I felt the first time I saw all my rich, complicated, months-long experience and work of the first semester flattened into a letter grade. How did anyone know this was RIGHT? 2026-06-16T21:48:55Z