It's Official

As discussed, HLS has changed its grading policy to a High Pass - Pass - Low Pass - Fail system. There was apparently a lot of debate at the law school about how the transition would occur. It appears that Dean Kagan has decided to implement it with no retroactivity, so only the current 1Ls will have transcripts that are all in the new system. Additionally, current 3Ls are not going to have it implemented for them at all -- this year, they will still be graded with letters. Meanwhile, current 2Ls are the stroppiest -- they will be graded with letters this year but next year, as 3Ls, they will be graded with the P/F system. They're a bit cranky about what this will mean for their transcripts and for honors.

Of course, I'm kind of a 2.5L right now. This means that next year, during my final HLS semester, I will most likely be getting P/F grades. Additionally, this year will show up only as a P/F on my transcript (with no HP/LP options for this year). Meanwhile, I'll also have two years of undistinguished letter grades. So this will be tricky to explain to people. I don't really mind other than that, though, and I also figure that I'll already have some explaining to do based on this year alone. However, some of the other kids from HLS doing this program with me are getting somewhat up in arms about the whole thing. Additionally, current 2Ls who would do this Cambridge program next year would be in the same position -- they'd have two semesters of grades, a year of P/F based on their time in England, and a final semester of HP/P/LP/F. I wonder if they'll be stroppy too.

Two other bits of news:

1. Halloween isn't a big deal in England, so apparently my college seems to have no qualms about having a Halloween bop on November 1st. November 1st is the day to gorge yourself on candy and be recovering from events -- not the day to have a Halloween party. Halloween is over by then! Arghh. Also, I had a craving for candy corn the other day, which they definitely don't sell in England, so I've made Nick buy some for me in America and bring them to me on Friday.
2. I have been working on laundry for the last couple of days, which has unsurprisingly been a bit of a bumpy ride. I've found some interesting things in laundry machines along the way, though. The other day I found a L1 coin in a dryer, and then today I found a metal spoon in a washing machine. Curious.