tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7037044580433468735..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Die extra credit, DIE!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23908899295547996162012-04-30T16:16:15.241-04:002012-04-30T16:16:15.241-04:00I also hate extra credit. I recently gave extra c...I also hate extra credit. I recently gave extra credit for responding to an email I sent. The students claimed it wasn't fair as they shouldn't have to read my emails. I just wanted to see if anyone read them. A few did. More do now. I Still hate extra credit, and they still ate me alive on my evals.Professor Brown-Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844910674434653089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73479816767272048652012-04-30T14:07:32.000-04:002012-04-30T14:07:32.000-04:00One of my classes (a mega-section) has a small ext...One of my classes (a mega-section) has a small extra credit assignment with a limited window for submission. The upside of extra credit? It shuts down the term-end grade grubbers pretty quickly -- especially when they didn't take advantage of the opportunity for extra credit.Lucy, Countess of Bedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181713706519539554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19727629209706435192012-04-29T22:20:44.224-04:002012-04-29T22:20:44.224-04:00When students raise the inevitable question about ...When students raise the inevitable question about extra credit opportunities, my reply is invariable: "In my class, there is only credit. There is no 'extra.'" And then I explain that if they can't be bothered to complete the required assignments, I shouldn't have to give them additional opportunities show me how very little they know, how very little they care, and how MGouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622881128973328194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36850058492655976842012-04-29T21:54:14.606-04:002012-04-29T21:54:14.606-04:00No extra credit. Ever. In every single class, I h...No extra credit. Ever. In every single class, I have several assignments that are silver platter material. All students have to do is complete them. I don't grade them on grammar, spelling, or punctuation. They are either simple multiple choice or short answer tests where there is no "right" answer or short drafts which don't even have to be close to finished, just evidence EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57906611020995206342012-04-29T19:27:22.865-04:002012-04-29T19:27:22.865-04:00@F&T: Indeed. I immediately thought "hey,...@F&T: Indeed. I immediately thought "hey, Ministry of Little Consequences, that's F&T's!" <br /><br />Maybelle, I, too hate extra credit, and think it belongs in junior high or below if at all. In no context should it make it possible for students who were not going to pass to do so; that does a disservice to both the student and anyone who might rely on hir transcriptContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57789420904779388992012-04-29T18:02:00.739-04:002012-04-29T18:02:00.739-04:00"Ministry of Little Consequences"
Hey, ..."Ministry of Little Consequences"<br /><br />Hey, I made up a thing that traveled!<br /><br />I am with you every step of the way on this one. I loathe extra credit, and end up giving it when such a large percentage of my class is about to fail that I suspect it will cause me trouble. But when this year's crop of students are in danger of failing a class that 10 years ago almost Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.com