i agree with Mr. Rayburn on all counts: 1. Narrative evaluations would be superior to grades. 2. Such evaluations would result in a huge amount of work for teachers. 3. The outcry from almost everyone would be great. For those who want to check out some of the colleges and high schools that use narrative evaluations, visit this wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_evaluation As a practical matter, Uni would have to retain some kind of letter or number grading system, but I don't see why we couldn't supplement that with narrative evaluations, especially if we make student self-evaluations a part of the process.