A New Grading System

There is a new catch phrase in town. It's "strong mandate".

In case you're wondering what I'm talking about, "strong mandate" is an arbitrary point on the popularity rating scale. This has now been defined as 66.6 percent.

By this definition, anything that reaches 66.6 percent or more, is good by Singaporean standards. It's a mark to be proud of - a sign of a capable student, a popular trend, or a competent government.

Our new grade scale now looks like this (with a revision suggested by Tinky):

A+ and A is an absolute mandate (80%)
B+ and B is an overwhelming mandate (70%)
C+ is a just a strong mandate (66.6%)
C is an average mandate (60%)
D is a poor mandate (50%)

Of course, absolute should really be 100%, but who gets full-marks for anything?

From the looks of this, I'm doing pretty well in school!