What happened to Paulines grades and when?
[jp] According to Honora, who brandished a letter from Miss Stewart, Pauline’s grades plummeted early in the 1954 school year, i.e. Fifth Form, or Form V in CGHS. Earlier, at the end of Third Form in December 1952, she had told her mother she got an ‘A’ in English. A little more than a year later Honora said to Pauline that her grades all used to be A’s and B’s but that she was now failing, and Miss Stewart was worried she wouldn’t get her School Certificate. As discussed previously, it was more likely that Pauline would have actually reported her grades as percentages and also her place in class. (“I got an 84 in English, Mom. Third equal with Cynthia so-and-so.”). This would have made Pauline’s slide even more obvious and quantifiable, and would have fueled Honora’s anger even more. It is interesting to note that Glamuzina & Laurie concluded that there was no evidence of Pauline’s grades falling at all, in real life, according to CGHS records. This would put a whole new spin on Honor
