MikeReiner
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So lets say that you have a 52% grade (or so says the online grades), and 55% would be enough to pass the class.
I am given the oppourtunity to get extra credit and turn it in on the final day.
What do I think? Hell yeah, I have about 3 things I can do.. it might take about 5 hours of my time, but if it makes the difference between failing and passing, so be it!
So I do all the work, turn it in, and walk out feeling good about myself.
I come home, check to see what my grade is now, just to find that it is now a 40%...
wait a minute.. something is wrong here... oh wow, look, she just graded a bunch of stuff I missed several WEEKS ago... the teacher didn't grade assignments that I had missed until the LAST SECOND... basically meaning I shouldn't have even bothered with all that extra credit work...
It's not the work i'm pissed over (I need the excercise anyway) but rather the hope.. I had a small flame of hope that I might pass that class... but here, now, it is completely stomped, crushed, shattered. I was falsely led to believe I had a chance.. all because of this teacher's incompentance.
Honestly, if it was up to date, and I knew right off the bat I was screwed, i'd take it like a man. If i'm lazy enough to not do the work, then i'm man enough to take the consequences. (Personal motto)
However.. I thought everything was up to date and I could rely on this online system.. way to be proven dead wrong.
So the point to this thread?
F*** ONLINE GRADE SYSTEMS. They tell you to refer to those for ALL your missing assignments so you know what your missing and how your grade stands... yeah.. sure... but what the hell is the point if it's not even up to date? Whats the point if the teacher wont keep it all up to date? All my other teachers do, so what makes this one so special? I'm pissed just thinking about this.
I feel like i've been burnt alive and had my ashes pissed on right now. If i'm gonna fail a class, they should atleast let me keep my dignity, not shatter it.
I am given the oppourtunity to get extra credit and turn it in on the final day.
What do I think? Hell yeah, I have about 3 things I can do.. it might take about 5 hours of my time, but if it makes the difference between failing and passing, so be it!
So I do all the work, turn it in, and walk out feeling good about myself.
I come home, check to see what my grade is now, just to find that it is now a 40%...
wait a minute.. something is wrong here... oh wow, look, she just graded a bunch of stuff I missed several WEEKS ago... the teacher didn't grade assignments that I had missed until the LAST SECOND... basically meaning I shouldn't have even bothered with all that extra credit work...
It's not the work i'm pissed over (I need the excercise anyway) but rather the hope.. I had a small flame of hope that I might pass that class... but here, now, it is completely stomped, crushed, shattered. I was falsely led to believe I had a chance.. all because of this teacher's incompentance.
Honestly, if it was up to date, and I knew right off the bat I was screwed, i'd take it like a man. If i'm lazy enough to not do the work, then i'm man enough to take the consequences. (Personal motto)
However.. I thought everything was up to date and I could rely on this online system.. way to be proven dead wrong.
So the point to this thread?
F*** ONLINE GRADE SYSTEMS. They tell you to refer to those for ALL your missing assignments so you know what your missing and how your grade stands... yeah.. sure... but what the hell is the point if it's not even up to date? Whats the point if the teacher wont keep it all up to date? All my other teachers do, so what makes this one so special? I'm pissed just thinking about this.
I feel like i've been burnt alive and had my ashes pissed on right now. If i'm gonna fail a class, they should atleast let me keep my dignity, not shatter it.