'Harm's Way'
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.
Sigh. I emailed her again with "The grades are final now." She emailed me back to tell me, once again, that she's just one point away from an A, and does one point really matter that much? (Yes. It does.)OK, I read some of this tribulation while sitting at red lights on the way home. Here's is an idea I came up with for you to do. "Dear {asshat student}, As you know, the semester is over. To come up with an additional project would require x hours of my time to create and grade it. At ${crazy expensive rate}/hour, in order for me to consider that, please pay in cash. Also, keep in mind, the grades were due {however many days ago}. Therefor the extra credit project must be completed by that time. For each day it is late, I will have to deduct 10 points. Since this project is not available to the rest of the class, an unfair advantage, it will be weighted extra heavy, at 40% of your grade. Thank you."
What? Just an idea. See if she can do that math. Obviously she lacks in English skills.
Annabel: I want to be a zebra when I grow up.
Me: But how do you transform from a girl to a zebra?
Annabel: (rolling eyes at Mommy, who's evidently a little slow) You don't transform. You put on a zebra costume.
DH: But what will your job be?
Annabel: I'll be the line leader of the zebras!
Ugh Hil, I hate that student. Frankly I think you shouldn't reply to that last email. You're done. If she wants to challenge your grade, fine, because A) you won't be involved and B) the process will end up validating your grade anyway.
I'd probably reply something along the lines of, "I will deduct one point from your overall grade for each time I have to answer the same question regarding your grade." I would then insert this policy into my next syllabus.
She's actually the fifth student (out of 28) to email asking for a higher grade. All the others backed off after the first "no."
My dad is a tea freak, but he hates messing with loose leaf (I know, I know, but my dad is a stubborn rock)
Mighty Leaf sells its great loose leaf in boxes of single serving mesh bags! I still think their mesh bags don't let the tea breathe enough, but if he won't let go of his bags when loose leaf is so unquestionably superior, there are options to prevent him having to deal with the mess. And yes, the mess is a pain in the ass.
She's actually the fifth student (out of 28) to email asking for a higher grade.
That's just a whole world of WTF to me. I don't understand that mindset but I do understand that it's prevalent.
1 ask , 1 no ... not where I was then, but at least they let go. the re-asking is whining.
I don't think it would've even occurred to me that I could negotiate for a higher grade.