<p>In response to your question, Dan: </p>
<p>I cared enough about my grades to always do my best. That’s about as far as I thought about grades, because for the most part, I cared about what I was learning more than the letter grade that appeared on my transcript twice a year. (Sidenote: Fortunately, my hard work paid off because I graduated with top honors. My motivation in terms of grades was mostly in terms of grad school: I just wanted to make sure any grad program I might be interested in later would be a viable option for me, in terms of GPA.)</p>
<p>And I always found the amount of coursework to be fair according to the type of class: lecture, language class, seminar, etc.</p>