It's " E for effort", amirite?

rather than grades being ABCD they were ESNF A for being intentionally obtuse

by reichertkathryn 10 months ago

E for obtuse.

by karelle73 10 months ago

"A for Effort" doesn't mean "A stands for Effort". It's not about what the letter stands for. It means "I am judging your effort to be a passing grade instead of evaluating your results, because I would have otherwise judged you poorly". You've fundamentally misunderstood the phrase.

by Kunzekarina 10 months ago

Oh no I totally get that the A stands for the effort.. not the word effort. I just still think E for effort is better :D

by Safe_Marsupial 10 months ago

But that defeats the meaning of the expression, how is that better?

by Kunzekarina 10 months ago

Literally says "effort starts with e not a" in the OP. It's part of the reasoning given.

by Kunzekarina 10 months ago

"A for effort" means "I give you the note "A" for the effort you gave". That's a way to say "Maybe you had a F, but I know you put effort in it"

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Nobody is going to change a common saying because your school was weird

by Familiar-Car 10 months ago

This is literally just caused by the grading system you're used to being different than everyone you're talking to. "E for effort" means literally nothing to me. Like based on the context you gave me I understand, but if someone said that to me on the street it would make as much sense as like "Q for quality". Like, okay….. what the hell does that mean? The fact that it starts with E is not the important thing here. You're not saying that it starts with E, you're saying that they deserve the best grade for the effort they put in. To you that's E. To me that's A. I guess what I'm saying is that neither saying is wrong, but saying E is right because Effort starts with E is wrong. The saying has nothing to do with the start of the word at all. That's not even a factor.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

It's A for effort. They are grading your effort not teaching you to spell. Mom was a grade school teacher for like 50 years.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Nope

by Anonymous 10 months ago

Op you sound like you suck the joy out of the room and conversation

by Anonymous 10 months ago

i was thinking the same thing

by madelyn84 10 months ago

E for effort team REPORTING FOR DUTY!! WHAT, WHAAAT?!

by Timmy21 10 months ago

I will die on this hill You will likely die alone then. But I give you the grade of an A for the effort you have put into this

by Anonymous 10 months ago

OP went to hogwarts

by Working_Gas_2523 10 months ago

I usually use A for effort sarcastically. As in, you couldn't even manage to spell effort right, but at least you tried. 😂

by Ashlynngreenhol 10 months ago

I always took it as "Well, you got an F in math, but an A for effort!" Like how in elementary school we'd get graded on other things as well than just academic...

by Anonymous 10 months ago

It means your grade is F but the effort you put in is worth an A

by Anonymous 10 months ago

If it was graded on effort, you'd get an A for it. But it isn't so it's not. If you try hard but fail, you might get a metaphorical A for effort.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

I'll take the grade that actually means something, OP is living on a made up scale

by Anonymous 10 months ago

E for effort, you tried but failed, but hay, at least you tried, so not an F but an E. A for effort just doesn't make sense, if you're getting an A it's for more then just effort.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

This is the way I understood it. We always said "‘E' for Effort" even though we were on an ABCDF grading system.

by Anonymous 10 months ago

This is also obtuse. The A grade is for the effort put in. You can put in the effort and not get the result, then to acknowledge the effort you put in people will give you an 'A for effort (but not for the result)'.

by sister05 10 months ago

Obtuse or not, it's how I was raised. My mom taught me the phrase.

by Anonymous 10 months ago