tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2446182493264769821..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: RYS Flashback. 4 years Ago Today. Renegotiating Grades.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70003764469380949042013-09-30T23:01:28.463-04:002013-09-30T23:01:28.463-04:00I am totally doing this too. Occasionally I say, ...I am totally doing this too. Occasionally I say, "I'll [do the special thing you are asking for] if you are willing to tell the entire class why you think that's treating them fairly." But I like the boilerplate e-mail with rhetorical question better.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22990619739201071772013-09-30T13:22:59.720-04:002013-09-30T13:22:59.720-04:00Rather than getting into the specifics of their gr...Rather than getting into the specifics of their grades, I'll write the following: "It looks like you're asking to be graded under different guidelines from those in the syllabus, which were used to calculate the grades of the other 170 people in your class. Is this correct?"<br /><br />I am totally doing this.<br /><br />How many of us were scholarship students who worked our BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38749152951273145592013-09-30T04:46:57.200-04:002013-09-30T04:46:57.200-04:00Under the Geneva Convention, all the information a...Under the Geneva Convention, all the information a prisoner of war is required to give out is name, rank, and service number. Under FERPA, all the information I have to give out to parents is that it would be a violation of federal law to discuss their grades with anyone other than the student, without a FERPA release form signed by the student and the parent in my presence, and I will be Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20994830066022466412013-09-29T11:05:11.733-04:002013-09-29T11:05:11.733-04:00My own experience nearly 20 years ago and the expe...My own experience nearly 20 years ago and the experience of teens today is that all grades are negotiable. Their secondary experience tells them so - it would certainly help student success if the teachers at pre-college levels held students to even a slightly stricter standard. I don't mean raising the standards as much as sticking to them!<br /><br />My experience with parents has been TShirt Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920738568454156856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58852804699201467062013-09-29T09:09:23.697-04:002013-09-29T09:09:23.697-04:00Simply don't talk to anyone but the student. T...Simply don't talk to anyone but the student. Then that problem goes away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com