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".)
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
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.
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
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.
Hil R. - May 12, 2008 3:49:30 pm PDT #8818 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Isn't it a little late for that?
Yes. The semester is over. The grades are submitted. Her average was a 92. That's an A-.
Hil R. - May 12, 2008 3:50:27 pm PDT #8819 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
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'm pretty sure that most mathematicians can't do arithmetic.
megan walker - May 12, 2008 3:51:20 pm PDT #8820 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
This girl is offering to do extra credit to move her grade up to the A.
I always shut that down immediately by saying it wasn't fair to other students, especially when it's brought up at the end of the semester.
I am flexible, but again, when someone isn't happy with the grade they legitimately earned (i.e., barring extenuating circumstances), then that is their problem, not yours.