tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5263187106856835200..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "But I deserve an A!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4741492177400003942013-06-23T18:57:36.155-04:002013-06-23T18:57:36.155-04:00Professors honestly take their role to their brain...Professors honestly take their role to their brains FORGETTING they are humans. Why would you delight in failing a student. I've always said nerds will be nerds even when grown up and teaching. SMHstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03367723214671070970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47694303254376707792010-08-30T12:24:21.752-04:002010-08-30T12:24:21.752-04:00I read through the post and even commented. I get...I read through the post and even commented. I get an A, right? <br /><br />*eyeroll* My department chair had one woman--an adult, mind you, at least age-wise--who wanted an A rather than the D she had earned because "she had paid her full tuition."PickyHistorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500487513256575244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25200484821942209902010-08-25T18:08:02.031-04:002010-08-25T18:08:02.031-04:00Priceless.Priceless.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219783419070219171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22346513071727299172010-08-25T09:05:48.400-04:002010-08-25T09:05:48.400-04:00I tried real hard, but I couldn't come up with...I tried real hard, but I couldn't come up with a great comment. Do I get an A in commenting?<br /><br />Mathsquatch out.Mathsquatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214283890697119803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87429997823869581752010-08-25T02:50:17.311-04:002010-08-25T02:50:17.311-04:00I would have said "If you can't figure th...I would have said "If you can't figure this out, take Dr. X's classs in critical thinking."Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5081176314696556612010-08-24T22:52:28.573-04:002010-08-24T22:52:28.573-04:00Back in the eighties, when I was a student, "...Back in the eighties, when I was a student, "A for effort" was a joke which meant that you failed.College Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11090279986552451411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59117495619263541592010-08-24T21:14:57.572-04:002010-08-24T21:14:57.572-04:00This is exactly what I think has changed the most ...This is exactly what I think has changed the most since I've been teaching, this notion that their "effort," which is always limited, should be rewarded with good grades. Does it come from middle school and high school, is it just the entire culture?Earnie Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10363407817812573221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1046303533755134642010-08-24T19:29:12.435-04:002010-08-24T19:29:12.435-04:00don't you WANT them to try really hard? and th...don't you WANT them to try really hard? and then you're not going to REWARD them for effort? shameful.W.T. Pfefferlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522687306482305195noreply@blogger.com