The poem "Marks" by Linda Pastan is about the marks or grades she receives from her family. The first four lines describe the marks given by her husband for certain household chores such as cooking and ironing. The next four lines are those marks from her son. He says she is average, but she continues on saying this mark could be improved if she put her mind to it. The next couple of lines are the marks from her daughter. However, her daughter believes in only pass or fail, and she passes. The poem ends with a comedic twist when she says that she is dropping out. Originally, I thought this meant that the speaker was no longer concerned with the grades she was receiving from her family. However, as the semester progressed, I realized that this last line can be interpreted in a variety of different ways. All of these ways are listed below and make complete logical sense when looking into the textual evidence. I think Pastan meant for the last line to have multiple interpretations depending on which perspective it is looked at from.