Comments on: Dear Professor… http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-2780 Anonymous Mon, 01 Dec 2003 22:51:30 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/#comment-2780 While the assessment you're making (this student is a putz) is _probably_ the right one, there is an alternative angle on this: this professor's grading scheme is non-deterministic (from a single student's point of view). I've been the victim of this before and it was really hard to tell whether I should drop the class to avoid a black mark or stick it out because everything would be fine after the curve. In one case, the prof couldn't come up with decent test questions so the range of point scores was entirely in the 90s, which was then curved so that someone with a 95 got a C (!!!). Just an alternative viewpoint... Dan While the assessment you’re making (this student is a putz) is _probably_ the right one, there is an alternative angle on this: this professor’s grading scheme is non-deterministic (from a single student’s point of view). I’ve been the victim of this before and it was really hard to tell whether I should drop the class to avoid a black mark or stick it out because everything would be fine after the curve. In one case, the prof couldn’t come up with decent test questions so the range of point scores was entirely in the 90s, which was then curved so that someone with a 95 got a C (!!!).

Just an alternative viewpoint…

Dan

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Anonymous Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:24:50 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/#comment-2779 I can only assume that: a) Your Internet connection got cut off and you'll try enetring the rest of your comment later or b) You were blackjacked by an angry A-demanding student in mid-sentence. I can only assume that:

a) Your Internet connection got cut off and you’ll try enetring the rest of your comment later

or

b) You were blackjacked by an angry A-demanding student in mid-sentence.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 Anonymous Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:01:22 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/#comment-2778 ... as someone teaching Con-Ed courses in Calgary for the last 8 months I get this all the time... I've always managed to settle the dispute withou … as someone teaching Con-Ed courses in Calgary for the last 8 months I get this all the time…

I’ve always managed to settle the dispute withou

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 Anonymous Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:34:59 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/#comment-2777 Dear King, even though I am a lowly peasant, I expect to be given a knightship by tomorrow. I also expect a large plot of land and servants. I am prepared to dispute any decisions that do not go according to my wishes. Dear King, even though I am a lowly peasant, I expect to be given a knightship by tomorrow. I also expect a large plot of land and servants. I am prepared to dispute any decisions that do not go according to my wishes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 Anonymous Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:17:07 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/11/26/dear-professor/#comment-2776 haha, funny shit. that's the basic mentality of the boys and girls of Queen's University. Except, we aren't stupid enough to expose the underlying truth to our profs :) -<a href="http://blog.datacracker.com" rel="nofollow">raja</a> haha, funny shit. that’s the basic mentality of the boys and girls of Queen’s University. Except, we aren’t stupid enough to expose the underlying truth to our profs :)
-raja

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