I'm teaching intro for the first time in eight years, and I'm observing an interesting phenomenon: I have an optional final that would replace their lowest exam grade, and just about every student in the class is emailing me, asking me to calculate their final grade if they don't take the final. I feel that since I give them their score on every exam and paper, and the syllabus explains how much each assignment is worth, it's their responsibility to figure that out. Is my expectation old-fashioned? This has never happened before, but I'm at a new institution, so I don't know if it's a cultural difference or an age-related trend. I'd be curious to hear if others have dealt with the same issue.
Marty Bourgeois Florida Gulf Coast University --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
