An Emotional Rollercoaster...
Was a very emotional last couple of days. I had a bummer of a semester...I found out that not only was I cheated out of an A in my Human Resources class (I made a 90.3% and the school considers a 90% a B) I was also cheated out of a B in Advertising and Promotion. I ended up with 2 As, 1 B, and 1 C (YES! I SAID A C!!!).
Now if you know me, you know that I am not a C student. I was completely shocked when I looked up my grade and saw a C for Advertising and Promotion. I had no earthly idea how he came to that grade. My first thought was that he confused me with another student. Then I looked up Brad's grades. He got a C too.
This is the class that I spent hours and hours and hours on. We did a project on Godiva chocolate and the paper was over 30 pages. The presentation followed his guidelines almost to a T. I knew I had a low test average but the tests were worth 400 of the 1000 (with 400 for the project/presentation, 100 for participation, and 100 for our status reports/homework).
I said I would edit and print the paper and have it bound but they told me they were going to do it. They said they would send me a copy of what they turned in but they never did.
The teacher just sent us a copy of the paper that they turned and it is just embarassing. They spelled the word Christmas wrong! There were so many mistakes I just could not believe it!! They even used contractions in the paper!
We are not surprised that he gave us such a bad grade on our paper now. The paper was really bad.
I told my group members that I could print all of the posters and cards and could laminate it at home. Instead, I got an email stating that we all had to bring $20 to pay for the printing because they printed our posters at some kind of printing shop.
Hindsight is 20/20...Brad and I should have fired them (or ourselves, I don't care) and done our own project. We would have saved ourselves from a lot of heartache and would have made a better grade.
As for the teacher...Brad spoke to him today and he said that our presentation was the worst of all the groups. Our presentation followed his requirements page more closely than any other group. I just don't get it.
He gave us Cs on participation when Brad didn't miss any classes and was awake for all of the classes (we had at least 2 different people sleep in class every day because it was an hour and twenty minutes of Powerpoint at 8:00 in the morning every day). Brad even added to the discussion the few times that the teacher involved the students in the class. He told Brad that it wasn't based on attendance, it is just whatever number he wanted to assign (i.e. he does not like us!).
He told Brad that we had a C on the project before group evaluations. That means our group members lied and gave us a poor evaluation and we got a D and an F on our project instead of a C.
What teacher puts that much weight on group evaluations? Doesn't he know some people are not honest in their evaluations?! We did not even get the chance to defend ourselves. Had we known that they were going to give us a low rating for no reason we would have split the 100 points between the two of us and not given an honest rating. We should have made group contracts at the very beginning and then we would have been judged fairly!!
Because of their evaluations, I ended up with a 62% and Brad ended up with a 59% on the project. Seriously. What is that?!?!??! We spent hours on that project. We just hope we don't have to be in a group with them again.
Brad is going to talk to the department chair and we may have to contest our grade (which I have never done before and really don't want to deal with but that grade is not in the least bit fair).
It is good to finally have a break from school...even if I keep thinking about that class and trying to fix this crazy mistake.
This semester went by fast but I was more ancy about getting out than I usually am. I'm sure part of that is just because it is December and I am ready to focus on Christmasy things. I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! I just want to sit at home all day and make presents, decorate the house, watch Christmas movies, drink hot cocoa (even if it is 70 degrees outside!), and wrap presents.
Was blessed to be able to spend time with MAM and Dayne last night and then got a surprise visit from Alyssa and Josh (which is always welcomed!).
Today I took the whole day off work and slept till 10:00 (had a really hard time sleeping that late...I kept waking up thinking I was late for school or work). I love sleeping in...I rarely get to do it so it was really nice. I woke up and got right down to my task for the day...cleaning the very dirty house. I hate it when the house is dirty & disorganized and I actually really love to clean but I haven't had the chance to clean much since we haven't been home very often.
I made some good progress on the house. I did 6 loads of laundry (and the sad part is I still have more that I need to wash!), sorted some items to take to the Caring Place & to recycle, did the dishes, completely cleaned the bathroom (including the shower curtain), cleaned out the drain (ew!), sorted through some stuff and actually threw things away (I am such a pack rat that is hard for me to do!), and hung up a ton of clothes. Literally. The rod in my closet broke after I hung some of it up! lol Bummer, man. I have to wait for Bradley to come home to fix it.
I ran around the neighborhood...felt good to get out and run. I haven't in so long. I don't like running alone when it is dark outside...I hate that it is already dark when I get out of work. Bradley doesn't get home till late so I just end up not exercising. :(
I got a bubble bath in today which is always nice...FYI Amanda...those cherry fizzy balls are really nice but stained my new shower curtain :(
We used our ::sniff sniff:: last Chick-Fil-A combo coupon today at lunch. I have to pay for my own food from now on :( I did browse the new Chick calendar and it is a lot better than last years...so at least I will have that.
I must head to bed. I am an old lady and I need my rest. Sorry this post is so random and kinda a downer...here is the Bible verse of the day to end on a better note...
BVOTD: "I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes." 2 Corinthians 2:10b-11 NIV
Camilla Seabolt (Executive Director of CBS) spoke about this verse at training 11.4.06. She said we are to walk in love because people are watching us walk around fully clothed in the armor of God. - I hope to always walk around fully clothed in God's armor!!! Some days it is easier than others...
Now if you know me, you know that I am not a C student. I was completely shocked when I looked up my grade and saw a C for Advertising and Promotion. I had no earthly idea how he came to that grade. My first thought was that he confused me with another student. Then I looked up Brad's grades. He got a C too.
This is the class that I spent hours and hours and hours on. We did a project on Godiva chocolate and the paper was over 30 pages. The presentation followed his guidelines almost to a T. I knew I had a low test average but the tests were worth 400 of the 1000 (with 400 for the project/presentation, 100 for participation, and 100 for our status reports/homework).
I said I would edit and print the paper and have it bound but they told me they were going to do it. They said they would send me a copy of what they turned in but they never did.
The teacher just sent us a copy of the paper that they turned and it is just embarassing. They spelled the word Christmas wrong! There were so many mistakes I just could not believe it!! They even used contractions in the paper!
We are not surprised that he gave us such a bad grade on our paper now. The paper was really bad.
I told my group members that I could print all of the posters and cards and could laminate it at home. Instead, I got an email stating that we all had to bring $20 to pay for the printing because they printed our posters at some kind of printing shop.
Hindsight is 20/20...Brad and I should have fired them (or ourselves, I don't care) and done our own project. We would have saved ourselves from a lot of heartache and would have made a better grade.
As for the teacher...Brad spoke to him today and he said that our presentation was the worst of all the groups. Our presentation followed his requirements page more closely than any other group. I just don't get it.
He gave us Cs on participation when Brad didn't miss any classes and was awake for all of the classes (we had at least 2 different people sleep in class every day because it was an hour and twenty minutes of Powerpoint at 8:00 in the morning every day). Brad even added to the discussion the few times that the teacher involved the students in the class. He told Brad that it wasn't based on attendance, it is just whatever number he wanted to assign (i.e. he does not like us!).
He told Brad that we had a C on the project before group evaluations. That means our group members lied and gave us a poor evaluation and we got a D and an F on our project instead of a C.
What teacher puts that much weight on group evaluations? Doesn't he know some people are not honest in their evaluations?! We did not even get the chance to defend ourselves. Had we known that they were going to give us a low rating for no reason we would have split the 100 points between the two of us and not given an honest rating. We should have made group contracts at the very beginning and then we would have been judged fairly!!
Because of their evaluations, I ended up with a 62% and Brad ended up with a 59% on the project. Seriously. What is that?!?!??! We spent hours on that project. We just hope we don't have to be in a group with them again.
Brad is going to talk to the department chair and we may have to contest our grade (which I have never done before and really don't want to deal with but that grade is not in the least bit fair).
It is good to finally have a break from school...even if I keep thinking about that class and trying to fix this crazy mistake.
This semester went by fast but I was more ancy about getting out than I usually am. I'm sure part of that is just because it is December and I am ready to focus on Christmasy things. I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! I just want to sit at home all day and make presents, decorate the house, watch Christmas movies, drink hot cocoa (even if it is 70 degrees outside!), and wrap presents.
Was blessed to be able to spend time with MAM and Dayne last night and then got a surprise visit from Alyssa and Josh (which is always welcomed!).
Today I took the whole day off work and slept till 10:00 (had a really hard time sleeping that late...I kept waking up thinking I was late for school or work). I love sleeping in...I rarely get to do it so it was really nice. I woke up and got right down to my task for the day...cleaning the very dirty house. I hate it when the house is dirty & disorganized and I actually really love to clean but I haven't had the chance to clean much since we haven't been home very often.
I made some good progress on the house. I did 6 loads of laundry (and the sad part is I still have more that I need to wash!), sorted some items to take to the Caring Place & to recycle, did the dishes, completely cleaned the bathroom (including the shower curtain), cleaned out the drain (ew!), sorted through some stuff and actually threw things away (I am such a pack rat that is hard for me to do!), and hung up a ton of clothes. Literally. The rod in my closet broke after I hung some of it up! lol Bummer, man. I have to wait for Bradley to come home to fix it.
I ran around the neighborhood...felt good to get out and run. I haven't in so long. I don't like running alone when it is dark outside...I hate that it is already dark when I get out of work. Bradley doesn't get home till late so I just end up not exercising. :(
I got a bubble bath in today which is always nice...FYI Amanda...those cherry fizzy balls are really nice but stained my new shower curtain :(
We used our ::sniff sniff:: last Chick-Fil-A combo coupon today at lunch. I have to pay for my own food from now on :( I did browse the new Chick calendar and it is a lot better than last years...so at least I will have that.
I must head to bed. I am an old lady and I need my rest. Sorry this post is so random and kinda a downer...here is the Bible verse of the day to end on a better note...
BVOTD: "I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes." 2 Corinthians 2:10b-11 NIV
Camilla Seabolt (Executive Director of CBS) spoke about this verse at training 11.4.06. She said we are to walk in love because people are watching us walk around fully clothed in the armor of God. - I hope to always walk around fully clothed in God's armor!!! Some days it is easier than others...
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posted by Lacey at 5:58 PM
7 Comments:
hey! sorry about your grades :-( That stinks when stuff like that happens. I'm glad I don't have to worry about it right now.
I'm just glad for you that it is christmas time, since you love it so much! wish i could see yall!
I feel for you guys! Getting an unfair grade is something you never forget. At least, I never have forgotten the unfair grades I've gotten.
I had a very similar experience to yours when I was in college. I got a B in an Environmental Chemistry class in which I had a 96.4 test average for the year. I made 100 on the Final exam. A sure A, right?
No, not right! I was so positive that some sort of mistake had been made that I went to the professor to advise him of that. Instead, he told me that he had given me a 0 on a class project we had done at the first of the semester.
In that project, he assigned us into groups of four to research a complex topic relating to the Environment and report our findings to the class. I met with the other three students right after class and we chose different parts of the project to research. I got to work immediately on my portion, but was only mildly worried that two of the members in my group rarely came to class.
When the the project due date began to approach, I tried to contact the two missing group members, but I couldn't find them.
Talked to the professor about it and he said that one of them had dropped the class. Thanks for letting us know, prof!
So, I took on that guy's part of the project while trying desperately to get in touch with the other missing guy. A few days before the project had to be presented, I realized I was going to have to cover for him, too. Not only that, but the one guy in the goup I could contact told me that he had collected all his data, but had no time to organize it into a paper. So, I offered to do that for him, too. In exchange, he did all the talking before the class (I appreciated that!) :-)
I still don't understand why such a low grade for that project. It may have been lightly researched in certain parts, but it was a complete report. The guy who presented the material for us did a great job and the two of us were able to answer all the questions given us.
Aaaaargh. I can still get upset about that all these years later.
I hope you guys can either get your grade changed, or deal better with the rage and anger than I have. :-)
Good luck!
Lacey, Gerald's story reaffirms my conclusion that every college student has at least one story (and usually multiple stories) about receiving an unfair grade in a class.
Personally, I think I had more than my fair share ... Anatomy, Biochemistry, Organic, Calculus, ... there's probably more but that's a good start.
P.S. I want my pictures!!!!! :Þ
Gerald, you were robbed by that professor!!!!!!
That is an absolutely ridiculous amount of work to do for a zero!
I cannot comprehend how he could give you a zero even though you worked so hard to cover for the other two slackers.
Vicki is right in Comment #1! I think most college students have a story to tell. I could tell another one of a Microbiology class in which every student in the class missed one particular question on an exam, yet most of us were absolutely certain our answers were correct. I still am.
Normally, one question is not that big a deal. But when there are only 7 questions on the exam, it becomes a pretty big deal. Huge grade swing.
Some teachers are just heartless, I tell you!!
I can't believe the teacher would give you a 0%, Gerald! What is that, really?! It almost makes me dislike group work (except that in my other class this semester I was with *the* best group ever!!! We got 100% on the project and the presentation!!).
It's like teachers just forget when they were students and worked really hard on something and then got cheated out of the grade they deserved...or perhaps they were never given an unfair grade?? Hmm.
This is the first semester I have felt cheated...hope it doesn't happen again next semester! I also hope I can deal with my rage issues on this!
That definitely is very frustrating about your grade. Sorry. But HEY! IT'S CHRISTMAS!!! YAY! :) Oh, and it just might snow!!!
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