The demon of all school-related anxiety has struck again, and this blow may very well be the worst one so far.

When a student comes home from school, a parent might ask: "Hey, how was school today? What grade did you get on your test, how'd you do on it?"

"Does anyone have change for a five?”

"Can I have some of that food?"

"What did you get on the test?

These are three of the most popular questions at Uni. But after getting back the results of a major assessment — a test, paper, or project — the third question seems to become the most frequently asked. And that's not a good thing.

Grades. I hate them, and you probably do too. With the first quarter coming to an end, many students are probably panicking over some grade in some class or many grades in many classes.

From elementary school to high school, grades have added lots of unnecessary stress to my life. I say unnecessary, because I think grades are an unnecessary thing.