"Professor Chrome,
I tested into HamsterWeaving 1 and I felt that I belong in HamsterWeaving 2. I was in advanced Hamster Weaving in highschool and I feel that I understand it well. I misunderstood what was all going on, I thought that if there was an opening in the class that I could get it. So, I recieved a permission number from Professor Overworked. However, I found out it's not working due to I need your consent first. I was wondering if there is anyway I can prove to you that I am fit for this class. If you would like me to write something for you or anything to show my abilities. Please let me know what will work. I also forwarded a conversation with Professor Overworked just incase.Thank you.
Snowflake Sally"
At least it's polite.
Here's the kicker: Snowflake Sally was informed back in August by Professor Overworked that as chair, I would be the one to give approval—AFTER Snowflake Sally provided me with her HamsterWeaving intake test score, and a writing sample. We are now in the second week of the semester, headed for the third, and today is the first time I've heard from Snowflake Sally. Notice that there is no mention of the test score. Or anything else that was in the email that Professor Overworked cc'd me on a month ago.
What are the chances that Snowflake Sally is going to get my approval to get into Professor Overworked's Hamster Weaving 2 class?
chances = 6.02214179%
ReplyDeleteWell, it's too late in the process and she can't get in.
ReplyDeleteBut in principle, I think she should decide where she is placed. She can and should use the placement test as input. I am just recalling my own experience as a transfer student back in the day. At the new school, I took a test to get placed in the foreign language I was interested in. The test was for orientation and we were not required to take it. I enrolled a semester "higher" than the test results indicated for me and I never looked back. Got very good grades in that subject.
Oh dear. The eager bunnies are always good about the abstract -- oh, the idea of circumventing a rule with the power of smartness! Oy! -- but when it comes to THINGS (signed papers, test scores, showing up at office hours), the dearest darlings are clueless and lost.
ReplyDeletePauvre.