When I was a
little kid, the
teacher didn't give us
grades on our papers. She gave us little
adhesive stars of different
colors. The
gold star was the
best compliment you could get on your work from the teacher.
Silver was next, I think.
Blue,
green and
red came after. If you did really poorly, you got a "
grumpy face".
On E2, getting a C! is sort of like getting a gold star.
Sometimes, I've been known to blurt out, "Wow! You get a gold star!"