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The letter grading system can even impact the National Security field. How the letter grading system can affect the National Security field is when candidates are hired, employers just look at transcripts that state the applicant passed a course with a good grade or not. When they look through the transcripts the employer will not be able to tell if the employee had struggles or not in school because there isn’t anything stating the employee has improved on the subject that they were struggling on. When this happens, the employer hires the person on board and the employee that just got hired may not at all be qualified for the job and not being qualified can cause problems in the defense of the United States. The people that don’t want to

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