Haunted by a Seven - Scene 8

The Rating System

The rating system that my friend and I came up with in undergrad school is an important element of this story. I think only my friend and I ever really understood what each “Level” meant, and to me, everything above a 4 held a lot of nuance that outsiders didn’t get. I was an idealist, and I still am. This scene is the first of two important narrative r…