In public school were I attended, "E" stood for "excellent" and was the highest grade one could get---I got a few. Kerry Wynn Campus Assistance Center Southeast Missouri State At 04:42 PM 1/6/98 EST, you wrote: >Hi! > >I can tell you for sure that in parochial school into the 1950's, 'E' not >'F' was the failing grade. Not that I ever got one, of course. > >Best, >Speedyread >