When a “C” in math mean the same as “A”

Looking back at my own education, I realize I never really understood what grades meant. In school I always had straight A’s in math - through my 'math/physics magnet middle/high school' and the early university years. Then, near the end of my undergraduate studies and into graduate level, the abstraction level finally outran me. What once felt easy became a fog of symbols and proofs I could…