That sounds fair. Grades should assess the student's mastery of the material. If they flunked the first time and earned a B+ on the retry, why hold their init

That sounds fair. Grades should assess the student's mastery of the material. If they flunked the first time and earned a B+ on the retry, why hold their initial failure over them? They already paid with the opportunity cost of retaking the course instead of having that slot freed for something else.