Dear LFTP: is asking students about grades rude?

• Is asking a student about grades as rude as asking a worker about salary?

A listener asks whether asking a student about grades is as rude as asking a worker about salary. The hosts say people ask out of small talk, not malice; answer honestly or deflect with humor, and do well enough that it stops mattering. The secular answer suggests: 'I'll forgive you for asking if you'll forgive me for not answering.'