Oh, Hil! Poor you! On both fronts...
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
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vw bug - May 12, 2008 3:48:17 pm PDT #8815 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
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.
Typo Boy - May 12, 2008 3:51:38 pm PDT #8821 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Or you can tell her that you don't move grades up, but that you are willing to consider lowering her grade.
Pix - May 12, 2008 3:52:09 pm PDT #8822 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
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.
megan walker - May 12, 2008 3:53:58 pm PDT #8823 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
vw bug - May 12, 2008 3:55:43 pm PDT #8824 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
This girl is offering to do extra credit to move her grade up to the A.
Too little, too late.
I'm such a grade whore, but I also totally know that I get the grade I earn. I remember one of my profs from last semester commented on my final paper, saying it was one of the best papers she'd ever read. Then she very carefully said she would have to consider my class grade, as my work throughout the semester did not reach the caliber of my final paper.
I ran into her when she went to turn in my grade change. She told me my grade, and I think she expected to get an argument, and I was like, "Really? That's awfully generous."
In other words, what's what's wrong with people?