How Marking Works

How does marking work? A, B, C, D, E... The first portion of our life is spent in a world of marking - our reading, writing, knowledge, spelling, and largely our ability to communicate is judged with a scale. Once we are living in the wider world we do not receive so many marks. How did I conduct myself on the tube on the way to work today? How did I manage that argument with my girlfriend? How well did I manage the money for living expenses this week? Was I on good form at the pub last night? Many of us may have a hidden system of marks inside us, but with no one to moderate these they may often be manipulated by the way we prefer to see things, or the way we wish things had been.
I am going to finish writing this now because I have a lot of other work to get on with!