Final Grades.

[sechan19]

I wound up flunking six kids (not including the girl who cheated, who has elected to appeal the decision). One of them was a boy who begged me to assign him a G grade. He claimed to have been ill and to have been dealing with his grandfather's death. But these claims came only after repeated absences made it clear that he was not going to scrape by. I sympathize with the situation (lord knows I've had to try to carry on with school while dealing with setbacks), but ultimately I just couldn't justify an exception.

By contrast, my colleague didn't flunk anyone (once again, not including the boy who cheated), and she had more overall students enrolled in her sections! This makes me wonder if I'm just a way tougher grader, or if I just got the fuck-ups this term, or what happened.

I know I'm probably something of a hardcase, but damn.