Referring her to a remedial reading course because her understanding of simple declarative sentences is lacking? "I"m sorry, I didn't realize you were illiterate. The sentence, 'No, I'm not changing your grade' must be above your reading level. I've already called the Reading for Adults people at this address, they're expecting you."
I've seen honest faces before. They usually come attached to liars.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Connie Neil - May 12, 2008 3:36:47 pm PDT #8808 of 10001
brillig
Laura - May 12, 2008 3:37:01 pm PDT #8809 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
How much do I love that it took but a few seconds for Vortex to provide the answer?
Pix - May 12, 2008 3:40:52 pm PDT #8810 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Or you could go with Vortex's reply, which is making me grin a lot.
Hil R. - May 12, 2008 3:43:12 pm PDT #8811 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Also today, I noticed that I added up a student's exam grade wrong. I was off by two points, and when I added in those two points, it was enough to move her final grade from a C+ to a B-. And it's too late to change the grade through the online system, so I've got to go to the registrar's office and fill out a ton of forms. I apologized a lot for that one. (When I was grading the test, I wrote "5" next to a problem, but then when I was adding up the grades, I read it as "3".)
Laura - May 12, 2008 3:44:55 pm PDT #8812 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
That mathy stuff is tough, Hil.
megan walker - May 12, 2008 3:46:20 pm PDT #8813 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I love Connie's answer!
But I think Kristin used a key word. I always reiterated to my students that I did not "give" them a grade, but rather the grade I reported was the grade they "earned."
Hil R. - May 12, 2008 3:48:00 pm PDT #8814 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I always reiterated to my students that I did not "give" them a grade, but rather the grade I reported was the grade they "earned."
This is good advice. I've been trying to find ways to say this, but hadn't come up with the right words. Thanks.
This girl is offering to do extra credit to move her grade up to the A.
vw bug - May 12, 2008 3:48:17 pm PDT #8815 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Oh, Hil! Poor you! On both fronts...
Dana - May 12, 2008 3:48:44 pm PDT #8816 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
This girl is offering to do extra credit to move her grade up to the A.
Isn't it a little late for that?
Sparky1 - May 12, 2008 3:49:21 pm PDT #8817 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
My mathematician sister can't be trusted to balance the checkbook because she makes mistakes with addition/subtraction. Linear algebra? No problem! Calculus? Child's play! Subtracting the check she just wrote me for a gift we're splitting for our niece? Horrors!
I likey Vortex's take on things!
eta: I hates the extra credit wanters! It. Is. Too. Late! Don't they understand I'm done working? I don't want to come up with an assignment, nor do I want to grade it. Also? I'd need to offer it to everyone, because I'm fair like that. Arg.