tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5644985879341382716..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I Am Death! The Destroyer of GPAs!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43110167600006537172015-06-09T20:07:52.531-04:002015-06-09T20:07:52.531-04:00I do not show histograms to students -- not for in...I do not show histograms to students -- not for individual tests, not for the final grades. I use them for my own quality control, and to show to higher-ups if need be. I see the significant numbers scoring in the A levels and I know that the tests and the course were eminently do-able, and that claims otherwise are without basis.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45864446407802162342015-06-09T08:02:58.213-04:002015-06-09T08:02:58.213-04:00I don't know what color it is, but red does no...I don't know what color it is, but red does not adequately describe the color of my heart sometimes. I assume death is a similar color.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5247517375341897532015-06-08T19:11:55.361-04:002015-06-08T19:11:55.361-04:00I like having GIFs with posts and wish we could do...I like having GIFs with posts and wish we could do it with comments too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35486913280858699322015-06-08T19:09:46.351-04:002015-06-08T19:09:46.351-04:00I stopped showing histograms because in my classes...I stopped showing histograms because in my classes, the majority get Ds and Fs on the first exam, and they seem to think that means that I'm "Unfaaaaaiiirrr!" (It's a science class, usually the first one they've had in college after lots of humanities classes where, frankly, their opinions seem to have counted more than their knowledge of facts.)<br /><br />As the DestroyerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6693611238368934772015-06-08T18:52:56.533-04:002015-06-08T18:52:56.533-04:00Me too! Wait, isn't red the color of death?Me too! Wait, isn't red the color of death?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78837916076115969512015-06-08T13:35:04.991-04:002015-06-08T13:35:04.991-04:00I create a histogram that shows the distribution o...I create a histogram that shows the distribution of A's, B's, C's, D's and F's for each exam. The D's and F's complain less. I once had students complaining to my boss that I was not "teaching the material and the exams were too hard." I started showing the histogram to demonstrate that yes, I do cover the material, and that most students get a C or betterFrennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31874691442610645542015-06-08T13:05:40.529-04:002015-06-08T13:05:40.529-04:00Oddly, since I think of myself as pretty tough, I ...Oddly, since I think of myself as pretty tough, I identify far more with the last paragraph than the earlier one. I do get very, very frustrated when they don't follow directions/show awareness of information I'm sure I provided, but I also somehow feel guilty, or at least responsible (why, I don't know; it's not as if I can open up the tops of their heads and pour stuff in). <Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37982783362274620082015-06-07T23:01:37.304-04:002015-06-07T23:01:37.304-04:00I made the mistake of color-coding my grade spread...I made the mistake of color-coding my grade spreadsheet. Failures automatically show in red. I should have made them show in the color of death. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24401826220527693712015-06-07T08:44:20.477-04:002015-06-07T08:44:20.477-04:00Me: I'm done.
Colleague: You finished your gr...Me: I'm done.<br /><br />Colleague: You finished your grading?<br /><br />Me: No, the grading finished me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91073208215459290242015-06-07T03:34:48.777-04:002015-06-07T03:34:48.777-04:00I like the Raston robot, from the Doctor Who episo...I like the Raston robot, from the Doctor Who episode, "The Five Doctors."Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10896841026983104062015-06-06T23:00:49.658-04:002015-06-06T23:00:49.658-04:00Why don't the students do well on your exams? ...Why don't the students do well on your exams? You made them *so* hard, you didn't tell them what you were going to ask them so they studied the "wrong" material, you made them think, blah blah blah.<br /><br />While I was teaching, I heard all those excuses and I got hauled into the department head's office because of them.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com