[wazoox]

It got the best note, not the last one. Unless the best possible note is 0... At least that's what I understand from the pages you're pointing to.

[janjan]

The grading system in Germany is quite complicated. We have one were 1 = "very good" (this is the classic system of Schulnoten which is used quite often) and one were 0 = "the worst". For more details have a look at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(education)#Germany

[eru]

And at the end of Highschool (Gymnasium) you have one that goes from 00 to 15. 15 being the best. It is strange.

[jsnell]

No, it lost. Germans generally rate things with 1 being the best score, and higher numbers being worse.

[eru]

Six (or very long ago five) is usually the worst number.