When I was about 9 years old, I had an orange T-shirt with Fonzie on the front with his thumbs up, saying "Aaaaaaay!" Needless to say it was my favorite.

Anyway, got my grades for my first semester of graduate school. What did I get in all three courses?

You guessed it...what Fonzie said.

A salary is nice and all, but us geeks are all a little like Lisa Simpson in that episode where school is cancelled because of a teacher strike and she's going around with the jitters because she hasn't received any feedback on her performance. Marge scribbles an "A" on a napkin and gives it to her and she goes away satisfied for a little bit.

I guess they just condition us pretty well to like letters for feedback...and it works pretty well.