In my 37 years of teaching, the grading system had to be stated at the beginning of the class and could not be arbitrarily changed because, apparently, too many people got good grades. This teaching assistant should certainly worry about the degree of difficulty in his or her course and should also be very afraid that he or she will be zapped by the legal system which the student seeks to join.
Bob W. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:50:51 EST >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [tips] Re: student sues over grade >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > On the other hand the article says that the > student's average was an 84 which professors may > arbitrarily deem a C. At every school I've attended > or taught for, 84 would be at minimum a B-, more > likely a B. This type of whimsical grade scale seems > to be asking for trouble. Shouldn't there be SOME > level of consistency across courses? > > Nancy Melucci > Long Beach City College > Long Beach CA > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english Dr. Bob Wildblood Indiana University Kokomo Kokomo, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
