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The subjectivity associated with relations of power shape our lives.  Although there are blind spots, social rules determine how they are filled. For example, Bryn Mawr would not be an elite academic institution if it had no standards of evaluation. Although grades are often a distraction to learning they provide important admissions criteria for graduate school, law school and medical school admissions committees. If an applicant and application reviewer do not share similar social configurations, in this case the subjectivities of education, then the qualification of a student may be difficult to determine. It would be interesting to explore if numerical evaluation required in our educational system changes brain chemistry? Maybe our physiology is regulated by the social behavior required to succeed in an environment of criticism?