scheherazade
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« Reply #30 on: April 29, 2009, 01:56:09 PM » |
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From a student grateful for an extension:
Thank you so much! I truely appreciate this. I have never made such a huge mistake before ane I thank you with all my heart!!!! I will we work in I will have in it.
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biomancer
trying to be the person my dog thinks I am
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« Reply #31 on: April 29, 2009, 02:41:12 PM » |
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From a student grateful for an extension:
Thank you so much! I truely appreciate this. I have never made such a huge mistake before ane I thank you with all my heart!!!! I will we work in I will have in it.
I love this "sentence." It's like a talking robot at the end of its battery life. I thought it sounded rather like Chistery the monkey from "Wicked." I blame texting and email. In the dark ages, students would actually have to show up to ask for extensions, make up tests, etc.
Like leaving a voicemail when calling in sick, it's much easier to do long distance than face to face.
Ya know, I wish a few of my students would use more email and stop by my office less. One of my snowflakes has no idea about personal space and thinks I'm his friend, not his prof. I would much rather have poorly worded emails from him than his visits that usually end with me moving around to avoid being patted on the shoulder by him. |
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« Reply #32 on: April 30, 2009, 10:21:06 AM » |
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Dr. Chem,
I was comparing all of my tests with some of the other people in the class, and I found that they received more credit than I did for the same answers. You need to adjust my grade for the following.
Exam 1.
On problem 2, Suzy got 3.5E-5 moles and I got 3.5E-2 moles. She got 4 points and I only got 1. I think I should get at least 3, I had it almost right.
On problem 3, Jimmy got 2 points for sodium chlorite and I put sodium chloride. I should get at least 1 point for that.
On problem 10, Alice got credit for yes and I also answered yes. She got 4 points and I only got 1. The only difference was that she had a different reason.
For exam 1, I should get 6 more points.
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« Reply #33 on: April 30, 2009, 10:23:33 AM » |
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Dr. Chem,
I was comparing all of my tests with some of the other people in the class, and I found that they received more credit than I did for the same answers. You need to adjust my grade for the following.
Exam 1.
On problem 2, Suzy got 3.5E-5 moles and I got 3.5E-2 moles. She got 4 points and I only got 1. I think I should get at least 3, I had it almost right.
On problem 3, Jimmy got 2 points for sodium chlorite and I put sodium chloride. I should get at least 1 point for that.
On problem 10, Alice got credit for yes and I also answered yes. She got 4 points and I only got 1. The only difference was that she had a different reason.
For exam 1, I should get 6 more points.
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« Reply #34 on: April 30, 2009, 11:20:25 AM » |
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Dr. Chem,
I was comparing all of my tests with some of the other people in the class, and I found that they received more credit than I did for the same answers. You need to adjust my grade for the following.
Exam 1.
On problem 2, Suzy got 3.5E-5 moles and I got 3.5E-2 moles. She got 4 points and I only got 1. I think I should get at least 3, I had it almost right.
On problem 3, Jimmy got 2 points for sodium chlorite and I put sodium chloride. I should get at least 1 point for that.
On problem 10, Alice got credit for yes and I also answered yes. She got 4 points and I only got 1. The only difference was that she had a different reason.
For exam 1, I should get 6 more points.
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« Reply #35 on: April 30, 2009, 11:39:19 AM » |
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I tell my students two things:
1. If it's less than 10 points on an assignment, don't bother to talk to me, there's no way I'm going to change it. I tell them it's a sure thing that over the course of the semester they will have gotten 10 points they didn't deserve.
2. Their grades are on blackboard. If they find themselves ready to email me to ask about why they got the grade they did, they can just save the electricity. I won't answer those emails, ever.
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"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." Hermann Goering
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« Reply #36 on: April 30, 2009, 11:44:34 AM » |
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After there was a glitch in an online quiz, I did the math with my students. Ten quizzes, twenty questions is 200 questions. Each question is thus .5% of the total grade for quizzes.
Quizzes are worth 10% of the final grade, which meant that the glitch was worth .05%. They laughed and never brought it up again.
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History would kick your ass around the Bodleian Library, and then it would smile and laugh.
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georgiaprof
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« Reply #37 on: April 30, 2009, 11:52:13 AM » |
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I had a visit from snowflake and snowmomma. SF is taking my class two years after completing the pre-requisite class. Momma told me in the meeting that SF got the A in the pre-req because she paid "some boy" to do the take home tests for SF because SF REALLY wants to go to pharmacy school. They tried the same stunt in my class, but I don't give take home tests. So SF has near perfect scores on the homework (100s) and near perfect scores in the other direction (0s) on the tests. Now, MOMMA is telling me that she will do anything for the grade. We have another test and a final to get through. The course is over. I have offered an incomplete, but they are hesitant because I can't guarantee the C SF needs to get into pharm school
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« Reply #38 on: April 30, 2009, 12:08:17 PM » |
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On problem 3, Jimmy got 2 points for sodium chlorite and I put sodium chloride. I should get at least 1 point for that.
I overheard the following banter from my high school chem teacher who was incredibly quick on her feet. student: "Sulfate. Sulfite. What's the difference? It's only one letter." teacher: "OK. Shall I call you Mervin rather than Marvin? It's only one letter." |
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« Reply #39 on: April 30, 2009, 12:27:28 PM » |
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... Momma told me in the meeting that SF got the A in the pre-req because she paid "some boy" to do the take home tests for SF because SF REALLY wants to go to pharmacy school. ... Now, MOMMA is telling me that she will do anything for the grade. We have another test and a final to get through. The course is over. I have offered an incomplete, but they are hesitant because I can't guarantee the C SF needs to get into pharm school
Good heavens..... On behalf of all of us who have to take prescribed medications, I bow at your feet and thank you for not allowing this knucklehead to get anywhere near the dispensing side of the pharmacy counter. Momma paid someone to take the tests... is she going to pay someone to go to work for snowflake? You have my sympathy. |
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« Reply #40 on: April 30, 2009, 12:53:19 PM » |
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I had a visit from snowflake and snowmomma. SF is taking my class two years after completing the pre-requisite class. Momma told me in the meeting that SF got the A in the pre-req because she paid "some boy" to do the take home tests for SF because SF REALLY wants to go to pharmacy school. They tried the same stunt in my class, but I don't give take home tests. So SF has near perfect scores on the homework (100s) and near perfect scores in the other direction (0s) on the tests. Now, MOMMA is telling me that she will do anything for the grade. We have another test and a final to get through. The course is over. I have offered an incomplete, but they are hesitant because I can't guarantee the C SF needs to get into pharm school
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Why would you bother to offer an incomplete? This snowflake has clearly cheated on all of the homework--the mother has admitted it. He or she would get an F (or WF) and a quick trip to the Honor Court, regardless of mama's role, if this happened to me. |
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« Reply #41 on: April 30, 2009, 01:20:09 PM » |
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I had a visit from snowflake and snowmomma. SF is taking my class two years after completing the pre-requisite class. Momma told me in the meeting that SF got the A in the pre-req because she paid "some boy" to do the take home tests for SF because SF REALLY wants to go to pharmacy school. They tried the same stunt in my class, but I don't give take home tests. So SF has near perfect scores on the homework (100s) and near perfect scores in the other direction (0s) on the tests. Now, MOMMA is telling me that she will do anything for the grade. We have another test and a final to get through. The course is over. I have offered an incomplete, but they are hesitant because I can't guarantee the C SF needs to get into pharm school
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Why would you bother to offer an incomplete? This snowflake has clearly cheated on all of the homework--the mother has admitted it. He or she would get an F (or WF) and a quick trip to the Honor Court, regardless of mama's role, if this happened to me. That's what I was wondering. Did she really openly admit that to you? It makes you worry about when all these little snowflakes grow up and we get their snowkids. Ugh... |
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inthelab
Where beloved molecules abide
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« Reply #42 on: April 30, 2009, 02:39:33 PM » |
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I had a visit from snowflake and snowmomma. SF is taking my class two years after completing the pre-requisite class. Momma told me in the meeting that SF got the A in the pre-req because she paid "some boy" to do the take home tests for SF because SF REALLY wants to go to pharmacy school. They tried the same stunt in my class, but I don't give take home tests. So SF has near perfect scores on the homework (100s) and near perfect scores in the other direction (0s) on the tests. Now, MOMMA is telling me that she will do anything for the grade. We have another test and a final to get through. The course is over. I have offered an incomplete, but they are hesitant because I can't guarantee the C SF needs to get into pharm school
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That is frightening in its future implications, if SF gets into pharm school. |
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