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« Reply #5910 on: December 12, 2008, 05:23:56 PM » |
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I got this one last night, AFTER the final exam: ... I will do anything to pass, even do all of the assignments i missed just for a few points.
My favorite part, "I am not asking due to laziness." I almost fell out of my chair laughing! LOL I love it that what got you on this the laziness comment. What got me was _even_ do all of the assignments. What a sacrifice! ^_^ |
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« Reply #5911 on: December 13, 2008, 02:51:16 PM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
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« Reply #5912 on: December 13, 2008, 03:05:16 PM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
Maybe Ms. Clueless is from a commonwealth nation where grades are done differently and 50% is passing? I can't think of any other explanation for her cheerfulness (unless she's just incredibly dumb and oblivious). |
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« Reply #5913 on: December 13, 2008, 07:25:03 PM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
Maybe Ms. Clueless is from a commonwealth nation where grades are done differently and 50% is passing? I can't think of any other explanation for her cheerfulness (unless she's just incredibly dumb and oblivious). Or, did she come from a HS where they inexplicably scored papers based upon what they missed? I've seen papers graded, for instance, '3'--meaning they got 3 wrong (lazy teachers that don't want to take the time to write the minus sign, I guess). It's either something like that, or you have met possibly the_most_clueless student anywhere. Even if it is that, whew... what a wake-up call to grading in the "real" world she's about to have. |
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« Reply #5914 on: December 13, 2008, 07:43:48 PM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
Maybe Ms. Clueless is from a commonwealth nation where grades are done differently and 50% is passing? I can't think of any other explanation for her cheerfulness (unless she's just incredibly dumb and oblivious). Or, did she come from a HS where they inexplicably scored papers based upon what they missed? I've seen papers graded, for instance, '3'--meaning they got 3 wrong (lazy teachers that don't want to take the time to write the minus sign, I guess). It's either something like that, or you have met possibly the_most_clueless student anywhere. Even if it is that, whew... what a wake-up call to grading in the "real" world she's about to have. Truly, I cannot figure this one out. I have wondered about possibilities similar to what you each suggested, I have also wondered if she was so cluelessly confidant in her performance that maybe she didn't even look at her returned tests, just assumed she did great. That someone would do that is beyond comprehension, but then, so is her cluelessness. I'm bracing myself for more of the same over the next few days. |
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octoprof
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« Reply #5915 on: December 13, 2008, 09:05:28 PM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
Maybe Ms. Clueless is from a commonwealth nation where grades are done differently and 50% is passing? I can't think of any other explanation for her cheerfulness (unless she's just incredibly dumb and oblivious). Or, did she come from a HS where they inexplicably scored papers based upon what they missed? I've seen papers graded, for instance, '3'--meaning they got 3 wrong (lazy teachers that don't want to take the time to write the minus sign, I guess). It's either something like that, or you have met possibly the_most_clueless student anywhere. Even if it is that, whew... what a wake-up call to grading in the "real" world she's about to have. Truly, I cannot figure this one out. I have wondered about possibilities similar to what you each suggested, I have also wondered if she was so cluelessly confidant in her performance that maybe she didn't even look at her returned tests, just assumed she did great. That someone would do that is beyond comprehension, but then, so is her cluelessness. I'm bracing myself for more of the same over the next few days. No doubt she's planning on law school or med school. |
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« Reply #5916 on: December 13, 2008, 09:10:15 PM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
Maybe Ms. Clueless is from a commonwealth nation where grades are done differently and 50% is passing? I can't think of any other explanation for her cheerfulness (unless she's just incredibly dumb and oblivious). Or, did she come from a HS where they inexplicably scored papers based upon what they missed? I've seen papers graded, for instance, '3'--meaning they got 3 wrong (lazy teachers that don't want to take the time to write the minus sign, I guess). It's either something like that, or you have met possibly the_most_clueless student anywhere. Even if it is that, whew... what a wake-up call to grading in the "real" world she's about to have. Truly, I cannot figure this one out. I have wondered about possibilities similar to what you each suggested, I have also wondered if she was so cluelessly confidant in her performance that maybe she didn't even look at her returned tests, just assumed she did great. That someone would do that is beyond comprehension, but then, so is her cluelessness. I'm bracing myself for more of the same over the next few days. No doubt she's planning on law school or med school. Of course not. She wishes to get a CPA. Isn't that obvious? |
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« Reply #5917 on: December 13, 2008, 11:59:09 PM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
Maybe Ms. Clueless is from a commonwealth nation where grades are done differently and 50% is passing? I can't think of any other explanation for her cheerfulness (unless she's just incredibly dumb and oblivious). Or, did she come from a HS where they inexplicably scored papers based upon what they missed? I've seen papers graded, for instance, '3'--meaning they got 3 wrong (lazy teachers that don't want to take the time to write the minus sign, I guess). It's either something like that, or you have met possibly the_most_clueless student anywhere. Even if it is that, whew... what a wake-up call to grading in the "real" world she's about to have. Truly, I cannot figure this one out. I have wondered about possibilities similar to what you each suggested, I have also wondered if she was so cluelessly confidant in her performance that maybe she didn't even look at her returned tests, just assumed she did great. That someone would do that is beyond comprehension, but then, so is her cluelessness. I'm bracing myself for more of the same over the next few days. No doubt she's planning on law school or med school. Of course not. She wishes to get a CPA. Isn't that obvious? Nah, I'm thinking law school is most likely. I get the strangest students wanting to get into law school. Rarely the really hard working students. Don't they know that law school is hard? |
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mystictechgal
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« Reply #5918 on: December 14, 2008, 02:49:38 AM » |
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Got this one this morning after I posted final grades (italics mine):
Dear Prof. Strix,
I am writing to you because I was very surprised today when I saw my grade that I received in your
class.
I know that all of my labs have been turned in and accomplished, and I did OK with most of my tests,
and thought that I was doing alright.
Would it be too much to ask you to check and make sure that all my scores have been entered correctly
in the system? Because I am having a hard time understanding what happened.
Sincerely,
Cheerfully Clueless
This student flunked 3 out of 4 lecture exams, and barely squeezed a D out of the fourth. Flunked the final spectacularly. She has never been a grade-grubbing whiner. In fact, she has been eerily cheery through all of her train wreck exams. It's baffling, but she seems to genuinely believe that she was doing "OK" with her tests.
Maybe Ms. Clueless is from a commonwealth nation where grades are done differently and 50% is passing? I can't think of any other explanation for her cheerfulness (unless she's just incredibly dumb and oblivious). Or, did she come from a HS where they inexplicably scored papers based upon what they missed? I've seen papers graded, for instance, '3'--meaning they got 3 wrong (lazy teachers that don't want to take the time to write the minus sign, I guess). It's either something like that, or you have met possibly the_most_clueless student anywhere. Even if it is that, whew... what a wake-up call to grading in the "real" world she's about to have. Truly, I cannot figure this one out. I have wondered about possibilities similar to what you each suggested, I have also wondered if she was so cluelessly confidant in her performance that maybe she didn't even look at her returned tests, just assumed she did great. That someone would do that is beyond comprehension, but then, so is her cluelessness. I'm bracing myself for more of the same over the next few days. No doubt she's planning on law school or med school. Of course not. She wishes to get a CPA. Isn't that obvious? Nah, I'm thinking law school is most likely. I get the strangest students wanting to get into law school. Rarely the really hard working students. Don't they know that law school is hard? Probably not. The Paper Chase was probably before their time, or when they were babies. All they've had to go on is the behavior of our current... nevermind |
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« Reply #5919 on: December 14, 2008, 08:10:36 AM » |
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Nah, I'm thinking law school is most likely. I get the strangest students wanting to get into law school. Rarely the really hard working students. Don't they know that law school is hard? Probably not. The Paper Chase was probably before their time, or when they were babies. All they've had to go on is the behavior of our current... nevermind I am not so sure about this - I have encountered a few law school students who left me wonderign "how the heck did you ever get into law school?" Of course one of them has failed the bar exam 5 times - but still cheerfully retakes it every 6 months. |
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« Reply #5920 on: December 14, 2008, 09:51:17 AM » |
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I had a student fail to look at her score this term. I passed back papers. Hers had no grade but included a note inviting her to re-write and *then* I would grade it.
Tick, tock. I recorded the grades for the second paper, and noticed I had no new grade for her. So I emailed her.
"Oh, I turned that in." Yes, snowflake. I know you turned in the first one. What about the re-write I asked for? She digs out the paper and - sure enough - she never bothered to check the grade so she didn't realize it required a re-write and now it's too late.
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« Reply #5921 on: December 14, 2008, 10:25:20 AM » |
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I had a student fail to look at her score this term. I passed back papers. Hers had no grade but included a note inviting her to re-write and *then* I would grade it.
Tick, tock. I recorded the grades for the second paper, and noticed I had no new grade for her. So I emailed her.
"Oh, I turned that in." Yes, snowflake. I know you turned in the first one. What about the re-write I asked for? She digs out the paper and - sure enough - she never bothered to check the grade so she didn't realize it required a re-write and now it's too late. Didn't you assign a score (even a bad one) for the assignment she handed in? It seems unfair that if a student is 'happy' to hand in a crappy assignment for some marks, that they get no marks. |
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« Reply #5922 on: December 14, 2008, 03:28:10 PM » |
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I had a student fail to look at her score this term. I passed back papers. Hers had no grade but included a note inviting her to re-write and *then* I would grade it.
Tick, tock. I recorded the grades for the second paper, and noticed I had no new grade for her. So I emailed her.
"Oh, I turned that in." Yes, snowflake. I know you turned in the first one. What about the re-write I asked for? She digs out the paper and - sure enough - she never bothered to check the grade so she didn't realize it required a re-write and now it's too late. Didn't you assign a score (even a bad one) for the assignment she handed in? It seems unfair that if a student is 'happy' to hand in a crappy assignment for some marks, that they get no marks. Depends on how bad it is. If there is truly no effort to proof-read and half of it is unpunctuated/ungrammatical gibberish these seems fair enough. I've had professors refuse to grade things if there are more than x number of writing mistakes etc. |
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« Reply #5923 on: December 14, 2008, 04:16:34 PM » |
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Student email address musicn--ger.com
I'm Black American
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« Reply #5924 on: December 14, 2008, 04:20:10 PM » |
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Student email address musicn--ger.com
I'm Black American
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