Hi Everyone, I felt I needed to share this with a group of people I knew would understand. I'm in the midst of grading final exams now and figuring out final grades, and I got the following message today from one of my students. I'm copying it directly from my inbox:
"I got a total 244.57/276 which comes out to about 88.61%. I notice that 89% is the cut-off for an A- ! Is there anyway you could regrade any of my tests or assignments to see if I deserve an extra percentage point? Because I would really like the A- instead!" I know that not all students will be happy with their final grades, but I honestly could not believe this student made such a request. I don't think I ever would have sent e-mail like this to any of my college instructors! I wrote to him and told him that if I did this for him, I'd have to do it for everyone in the class, and I do not have the time to do that now. Plus, I told him that I'm careful when I grade to begin with (I felt he was suggesting otherwise, but maybe I read too much into his message), and that it was up to him to contact me or the TA earlier in the semester if he had a dispute about any of his grades. We regularly post student grades on the course website so students can keep abreast of their progress throughout the semester, so he had to have known going into the last exam (if he checked his grades) that an A- was not a guarantee. I'm not even sure if he clearly read the course syllabus, because a 90% is actually a cut off for an A-. Do you often get messages like this around finals time? It's still very early in the week, so I'm curious about what other things I'll have to deal with before the semester officially ends. I already feel a headache coming on! :) Michelle Everson, Ph.D. Department of Educational Psychology University of Minnesota [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
