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cab67

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19. not necessarily

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 09:43 PM

Dec 2021

There are specific procedures in place to handle emotional crises. None of them would include changing a grade after the term has ended.

In a few cases, I've had a student's grade wiped from his or her record. This happens at the Dean's office and involves some serious (though compassionate) investigation. I've never contested the decision.

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Dear college student who's not happy with your grade in my class: [View all] cab67 Dec 2021 OP

Same reply to HS students.... QED Dec 2021 #1

Dear High School Student that is unhappy with the grades in my class: AZLD4Candidate Dec 2021 #2

What would you do about high school that has 1,000's Tree Lady Dec 2021 #49

I don't teach chemistry AZLD4Candidate Dec 2021 #53

There's always the race/religion/ethnicity card . . . Aussie105 Dec 2021 #3

Reponse to that: Report me. Say and spell my name right. Maybe I can AZLD4Candidate Dec 2021 #4

I've never had a student try to race/religion/ethnicity on me. cab67 Dec 2021 #6

I just pop back and say I'm Jewish and Native American, my wife is Chinese from China AZLD4Candidate Dec 2021 #9

I am glad to hear of this instructor's strict adherence to awarding the grades earned. It seems SWBTATTReg Dec 2021 #5

We can get in real trouble if we don't accept some level of inflation. cab67 Dec 2021 #15

Most of these seem appropraite. PTWB Dec 2021 #7

I have an explicit statute of limitations on my syllabus. cab67 Dec 2021 #16

I don't think that a statute of limitations in the syllabus really solves the problem. PTWB Dec 2021 #21

Based on my 25 years in this profession... cab67 Dec 2021 #25

Maybe it solves the problem in the sense that it reduces the inconvenience for you. PTWB Dec 2021 #26

I had an absolutely hard core professor this semester Sympthsical Dec 2021 #8

I had a law school contracts professor who had a thing for the statute of frauds. rsdsharp Dec 2021 #13

Like I said below- as long as the exams are fair DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #32

The other half of this guy's exam was, as I said, multiple choice. rsdsharp Dec 2021 #47

How are these entitled students going to function in jobs? yardwork Dec 2021 #34

With this caveat... druidity33 Dec 2021 #10

Please see the commentary I posted before this one. cab67 Dec 2021 #18

Yeah, i hadn't seen that thread... druidity33 Dec 2021 #27

"mental health" crew gonna drag you to hell and back greenjar_01 Dec 2021 #11

not necessarily cab67 Dec 2021 #19

Number four is the only one I take issue with FreeState Dec 2021 #12

Again... cab67 Dec 2021 #22

There's a difference between changing a grade - Ms. Toad Dec 2021 #24

So glad not to have to depend on a teacher to teach me lostnfound Dec 2021 #14

Hate to telegraph my age but arguing for a bump up was never an option for me when I was in college. halfulglas Dec 2021 #17

My daughter has heard variations of the following from her peers Generic Brad Dec 2021 #20

I'm at a public university cab67 Dec 2021 #23

She's at an Ivy League Generic Brad Dec 2021 #33

My son had a Statistics professor last semester helpisontheway Dec 2021 #28

out of curiosity - cab67 Dec 2021 #29

I mean that she knew that he worked helpisontheway Dec 2021 #30

Except for the "rude" part... cab67 Dec 2021 #35

As long as your tests are an assessment of material DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #31

I've had averages below 75 percent. cab67 Dec 2021 #36

Then you aren't making fair tests...sorry DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #38

I respectfully disagree. cab67 Dec 2021 #41

You're teaching stats, and ignore the data? DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #43

I don't teach stats. cab67 Dec 2021 #44

I guess p-values don't exist in paleontology ? DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #45

They do. cab67 Dec 2021 #46

The whole premise of your post DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #50

Have you actually seen my tests? cab67 Dec 2021 #51

My "arbitrary" insistence DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #52

"a smarter general population." cab67 Dec 2021 #54

Well, like I said - as a biochemist in the field DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #58

Your premise can also be rejected... cab67 Dec 2021 #57

First of all DenaliDemocrat Dec 2021 #63

well.....no cab67 Dec 2021 #65

I always dreaded the moments after I submitted grades online because my email tblue37 Dec 2021 #37

I'd ask you to be compassionate on #4 Happy Hoosier Dec 2021 #39

We are. cab67 Dec 2021 #40

I don't know where you teach... brooklynite Dec 2021 #42

What type of parents are involved at the grad school level? ecstatic Dec 2021 #64

The parents who are paying the bills for their children's tuition. brooklynite Dec 2021 #66

High schools are no longer preparing students for college level work FakeNoose Dec 2021 #48

I wouldn't assign grades if I didn't have to struggle4progress Dec 2021 #55

The cut-offs aren't always provided. Nor can they be. cab67 Dec 2021 #56

The best scheme I ever saw for cut-offs, in large multisection struggle4progress Dec 2021 #60

Yes. I turned in my grades yesteday. Straw Man Dec 2021 #59

I got a few free A grades XRubicon Dec 2021 #61

You are lucky Meowmee Dec 2021 #62

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