Can this possibly be academically legal?
Dec. 5th, 2006 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jedusorI just got a breakdown of my grade so far in my sex class. There are four factors in the overall grade for the course: attendance, exams, group projects, and the final presentation.
Attendance: The only way to get an A for attendance is to arrive on time every class period. She's very strict about attendance- she reads the roll at two o'clock, and if you get there after that (even if she's still reading the roll, but has gotten past your name) she marks you late. One tardy equals a B for attendance.
Exams: She's grading on a 4.0 scale, so each of my six As counts as 4 points and my single B counts as 3 points. Added together, that's 27 out of a possible 28. Divided by the total number of exams, it's 3.9. That counts as a B. So I got a B for the exams as a whole, despite only getting one B out of seven tests. Okaaay...
Group projects: This hasn't been completely tallied, but it looks like I'll get a B. Group projects suck.
Final presentation: I haven't given it yet.
She gives each of these four factors equal weight, and calculates the final grade using the 4.0 system as well, meaning that (like with the quizzes) one B and three As equals a B for the course.
That means that being one second late to one class session would completely eradicate a student's chance of getting an A in this course.
I said this incredulously to the teacher, and she shrugged and said, "If that's how it adds up."
Attendance: The only way to get an A for attendance is to arrive on time every class period. She's very strict about attendance- she reads the roll at two o'clock, and if you get there after that (even if she's still reading the roll, but has gotten past your name) she marks you late. One tardy equals a B for attendance.
Exams: She's grading on a 4.0 scale, so each of my six As counts as 4 points and my single B counts as 3 points. Added together, that's 27 out of a possible 28. Divided by the total number of exams, it's 3.9. That counts as a B. So I got a B for the exams as a whole, despite only getting one B out of seven tests. Okaaay...
Group projects: This hasn't been completely tallied, but it looks like I'll get a B. Group projects suck.
Final presentation: I haven't given it yet.
She gives each of these four factors equal weight, and calculates the final grade using the 4.0 system as well, meaning that (like with the quizzes) one B and three As equals a B for the course.
That means that being one second late to one class session would completely eradicate a student's chance of getting an A in this course.
I said this incredulously to the teacher, and she shrugged and said, "If that's how it adds up."
