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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
JD:
I learned today that the study of beards is called pogonology. I find the wiki page for beard pretty amusing.
tania:
i love getting emails from students asking me to bump up their grades, absent of any reason or merit, so much
hey, you know what's the best way to bump up your mark? by being smart and doing your work! the all natural way
Papersatan:
Dear Tania,
Right now my cumulative GPA is a 3.498 if you could raise my mark in your class by one, or even two marks that would be great. You gave me a 'B' but you you could change that to a 'B+' or an 'A-' it would help me push my GPA to over a 3.5. As I am sure you know having a higher GPA will help me to get into better Graduate schools.
Thanks so Much,
Kat
P.S. You are the COOLEST TA ever. Seriously.
tania:
to be fair, i do bump student's grades pretty often when i know the student is smart and it's going to make a difference in what letter grade they get (from an 89 to a 90 for example), but unfortunately "hey could you bump up my participation mark because i really want to get a good grade for this course thanks" really isn't enough to sell me
tania:
man i should really stop bitching about my students, i actually like teaching a lot and it's getting pretty predictable. sorry, forum! i'll find some new material this summer
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