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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.
Oh, Hil! Poor you! On both fronts...
This girl is offering to do extra credit to move her grade up to the A.
Isn't it a little late for that?
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.
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-.
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.
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.
Or you can tell her that you don't move grades up, but that you are willing to consider lowering her grade.
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.Yes, this.
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.And very much this.
Or you can tell her that you don't move grades up, but that you are willing to consider lowering her grade.
This was always my language coordinator's response when students asked for a certain grade or test section to be re-graded:
I'm happy to review the entire grade/test, but keep in mind this review may lower your overall grade.