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.

Comments

[lordameth.livejournal.com]

A G grade? That sounds below an F if I'm counting right... what's a G?

[reteva.livejournal.com]

It's basically a place-holder. It just means that the grade has not been determined yet (for whatever reason). The girl who cheated currently has a G because we cannot give a grade until the situation is resolved.

[foxxydancr.livejournal.com]

she's appealing?

that's ballsy. I guess she's got nothing to lose by doing it though.

[reteva.livejournal.com]

She maintains that she was victimized by the guy who copied her, and that it's not right that she's been penalized. [shrug] It's every student's right to appeal a grade that they feel is unfair.