A phonology professor of mine at Ohio State spent 20 minutes during one of my classes discussing the syntax and semantics of grade point averages, which i have to say, was one of the most useful things anyone had ever explicitly taught me while at Ohio State.
In particular discussing how, despite using the same syntactic formalism, the semantics of what was considered "passing" for undergraduate students vs for graduate students was something no one had ever enunciated to me explicitly (e.g. you pass as an undergrad if you're getting Cs. If you're getting Bs as a graduate student, you are doing it wrong).
In particular discussing how, despite using the same syntactic formalism, the semantics of what was considered "passing" for undergraduate students vs for graduate students was something no one had ever enunciated to me explicitly (e.g. you pass as an undergrad if you're getting Cs. If you're getting Bs as a graduate student, you are doing it wrong).