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Teachers who aren't hard enough and pass thousands of students across the country who are stupider than a fucking rock and at best, should be making my burgers.I rustle my own fucking jimmies. Sending in final grades today for my students and jesus christ I am such a pushover. I'm giving out passing grades to some people that surely shouldn't be allowed near any job that does actual programming. Yet even with that, I still feel fucking horrible for giving some students failing grades. Sigh, I need to toughen up.
Just submitted my final grades as well. So far, after three semesters of teaching, I've only had two people e-mail me asking for justification about their final grade. And both of them were A- students who were leveraging for an A. Kindly told them there's nothing I can do because they earned an A-. The most recent kid was like "I just want you to double check to make sure there hasn't been some mistake."I rustle my own fucking jimmies. Sending in final grades today for my students and jesus christ I am such a pushover. I'm giving out passing grades to some people that surely shouldn't be allowed near any job that does actual programming. Yet even with that, I still feel fucking horrible for giving some students failing grades. Sigh, I need to toughen up.
I just submitted my final grades as well (college level students). 70 is the minimum for a "pass", and I had one student with a 69.70. What did I do? FAIL, mother fucker. The administration office asked me to round her grade up and pass her but I said hell no, she got what she earned. She blew off several classes and had a pretty high absence rate so she gets no sympathy from me. Lazy fucking students needs to earn their grades.I rustle my own fucking jimmies. Sending in final grades today for my students and jesus christ I am such a pushover. I'm giving out passing grades to some people that surely shouldn't be allowed near any job that does actual programming. Yet even with that, I still feel fucking horrible for giving some students failing grades. Sigh, I need to toughen up.
I love when students ask why they got the grade they got because I can show them the hard numbers. It's not like I'm pulling these grades out of my ass, they're all figured from assignments and rubrics and each is worth a certain % of the total grade. When they ask for justification for their grades what they're really asking is "Can you fudge some numbers to round me up a bit?"Just submitted my final grades as well. So far, after three semesters of teaching, I've only had two people e-mail me asking for justification about their final grade. And both of them were A- students who were leveraging for an A. Kindly told them there's nothing I can do because they earned an A-. The most recent kid was like "I just want you to double check to make sure there hasn't been some mistake."
Did the student know the material otherwise? I can understand in some classes where important discussion takes place. But if it's a science lecture class, why does attendance count?I just submitted my final grades as well (college level students). 70 is the minimum for a "pass", and I had one student with a 69.70. What did I do? FAIL, mother fucker. The administration office asked me to round her grade up and pass her but I said hell no, she got what she earned. She blew off several classes and had a pretty high absence rate so she gets no sympathy from me. Lazy fucking students needs to earn their grades.
That's a fair point. It's a language class, so attendance (i.e being present and using the language on a regular basis) is pretty important. Scoring routine 0s on the in-class speaking assignments is the primary reason her grade dropped under 70 in the first place. The overall grading system is designed precisely so that students have to attend the majority of classes in order to pass; none of this showing up on test days and passing shit.Did the student know the material otherwise? I can understand in some classes where important discussion takes place. But if it's a science lecture class, why does attendance count?
So you don't really care whether she actually learned the language or not (which if she didn't, she wouldn't have passed the tests) but if you didn't feel self-satisfied by your in-class dog and pony show, fuck what they learned, right? Because it's not about them learning shit (which the tests would show), it's about you.That's a fair point. It's a language class, so attendance (i.e being present and using the language on a regular basis) is pretty important. Scoring routine 0s on the in-class speaking assignments is the primary reason her grade dropped under 70 in the first place. The overall grading system is designed precisely so that students have to attend the majority of classes in order to pass; none of this showing up on test days and passing shit.
It's not really about that. I teach freshman English and the program says 10% of their grade has to be attendance and participation. A lot of in-class time comes from verbal discussion of readings and shit. Hard to grade on their in-class discussion if they aren't in class or talking. I personally don't give a fuck if they show up; I don't take it personally.So you don't really care whether she actually learned the language or not (which if she didn't, she wouldn't have passed the tests) but if you didn't feel self-satisfied by your in-class dog and pony show, fuck what they learned, right? Because it's not about them learning shit (which the tests would show), it's about you.
Actually, no, she didn't "learn the language". Yes, she was able to ace every grammar test, but she couldn't hold a simple conversation worth a damn. Learning a language involves a lot more than simply memorizing grammar rules and vocabulary.So you don't really care whether she actually learned the language or not (which if she didn't, she wouldn't have passed the tests) but if you didn't feel self-satisfied by your in-class dog and pony show, fuck what they learned, right? Because it's not about them learning shit (which the tests would show), it's about you.