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!
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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.
Susan W. - May 12, 2008 7:03:17 pm PDT #8848 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Burrell - May 12, 2008 7:50:12 pm PDT #8849 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
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.
NoiseDesign - May 12, 2008 8:03:06 pm PDT #8850 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
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.
Hil R. - May 12, 2008 8:23:56 pm PDT #8851 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
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."
Sean K - May 12, 2008 8:28:52 pm PDT #8852 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
DavidS - May 12, 2008 8:32:59 pm PDT #8853 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
beth b - May 12, 2008 8:40:21 pm PDT #8854 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
1 ask , 1 no ... not where I was then, but at least they let go. the re-asking is whining.
Susan W. - May 12, 2008 8:51:14 pm PDT #8855 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I don't think it would've even occurred to me that I could negotiate for a higher grade.
Hil R. - May 12, 2008 9:18:26 pm PDT #8856 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't think it would've even occurred to me that I could negotiate for a higher grade.
I might've tried with a particular problem, like "You marked this wrong, but I think it's right because..." but not arguing up a final average. (At my high school, pretty much everybody would try to argue grades up, and there were plenty of times that we were successful.)
meara - May 12, 2008 9:21:22 pm PDT #8857 of 10001
I don't think it would've even occurred to me that I could negotiate for a higher grade
Especially not in a class like math, which is pretty objective! I mean, in something with more of a class participation grade, or several essays that aren't on a point but a "so an A on this one, and a B on that one and a B- and a B+ means you average...ummm...."
But even then, I probalby would've just bitched to my friends, not actually asked for a higher grade.
This would be why I majored in a science. Even if I ended up with a pretty low GPA in it. Also, called "I know that I procrastinated and could've done better because I"m a perfectionist, so I totally deserve the low grade because *I* know how much better I could do"