Someone tell me I'm wrong

A friend of mine informed me yesterday that ECU is changing its grading system and it will be implemented this semester. Now I know I probably shouldn't be writing a whole article about something I only heard about, but I went to the school's Web site and typed in a search to try to find out. Although it didn't say anything specifically about a change, I did in fact see the proposal for a change in our grading.

In case you haven't heard (and I hope you haven't), the system could be changed to an A+, A, A- system, with different GPA values for each grade. That's right, each one has its own GPA value, meaning that your GPA will fall ... just like mine!

Now, as I mentioned, this is just something I heard from a friend, and I couldn't find much on the subject. But, on a more honest note, I am writing this hastily and couldn't do too much research on the subject; I leave this to anyone who is reading this.

If you are reading this and it scares the crap out of you, please go online and don't stop searching until you can write some sort of comment online telling me what an idiot I am to scare you.

I don't want to get all charged about the administration and how much this would really, really suck before I even find out if it is true, but just in case … why? Perhaps this is a great idea and it could make ECU a much more difficult institution, placing it higher than it has ever been amongst the academically-challenging universities … but I don't want that.

In all honesty, I'm not sure if I have even made an A+ here at ECU. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I always have just wanted to make that A. If this new system is in fact true, that would mean everyone would have to start trying a lot harder around here. Not only that, but I am getting the feeling that our athletes are in a lot of trouble.

So prove me wrong, people, and write back to me about how stupid I am for writing this. Of all the times I have gotten negative feedback, I have never wanted it more.

This writer can be reached at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com