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[vicarz]

Damnit, fucking damn. I got my last grade - in employment law. Understand I do this for a fucking living, right? I only got a B+. I knew it was a risk taking this professor again after only getting a B in prof resp. I seem to be hitting a random with him, or he sees through my wall of information to my true ignorance underneath and scores me accordingly. Nice guy, but I am baffled by the grade. My final gpa will only be 3.2851 or 3.29. That will most likely not be with honors as the GPAs go up in the spring and the lowest score with honors last term was 3.30. Not much I can do about it now.

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[grymnir.livejournal.com]

BTW - answered other bits below but:
you reference your child. Ok, assume a public school. I went to Fairfax County high schools--my writing ability was solid when I entered college, but there were students (not just athletes) who were barely literate.

Should the professor expect the same things from each students, especially when it is as arbitrary as "writing style, argument, and analysis"? I'd argue "no" - though I do see the danger of grading students on different scales. So, unfair perhaps, but unnecessary? I'm not sure I agree--there is too much entitlement and pure slacking (let me paste this from wikipedia right here..) in undergraduate studies in many programs now. It is disheartening.

[pastor-saturn.livejournal.com]

Should the professor expect the same things from each students, especially when it is as arbitrary as "writing style, argument, and analysis"? I'd argue "no" - though I do see the danger of grading students on different scales. So, unfair perhaps, but unnecessary? I'm not sure I agree--there is too much entitlement and pure slacking

But doesn't some of that entitlement and slacking stem from a practice of grading students on different scales? I mean, if I "don't have the background" to take a grad-level American History course, I shouldn't be taking the course at all until I can understand and keep up, IMO. I thought that was WHY they have grades: to tell whether you're ready to advance.

If the prof says of me, "Well, Susan's an Econ major so she doesn't have to know much about history; I'll just give her a bye," that insults my intelligence and my ability to master (or at least excel at) something outside my field. It really cheapens the grades you get, whether A's or D's, if you're not one of the students deigned worth challenging.

I don't care if it's common, it's not okay. However, I am oversensitive about these things. Don't mind me. :)