Good morning, Mike. Gee, are we going to issue a grade for fear that
Perry Mason is going to step in? Are we going to write our own Blackstone
that rivals our state code of law? For me, my system well it has worked
for almost a decade. I don't teach defensively. The key is having
established a relationship with the students and being willing to their
request for reconsideration. I do have a lot of supporting material.
Their on-ging self-evalautions and those of the other members of the
community whcih are handed in every three weeks; my weekly notes on their
performance; their journals; final evalautions; etc. In any event, there
is an appeal process that I have built in. If a student thinks the grade
is unfair, he or she has to write a very detailed description of his or
her activities in the class. He or she also has to have her community
members contact me in writing or otherwise and reassess his or her
evaluation of that particular community member. Then, I take all the new
material under advisement. Never change a grade down. Once had a student
complain all the way to the VP of Academic Affairs about her grade saying
she didn't have time "for such nonsense." And, I answered that I then
didn't have time for any reconsideration. I held my ground. After a few
months of go-around, she finally followed my rules of reconsideration
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
Valdosta State University
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