Comments | hauntmeister: Endgame

hauntmeister

Endgame

Apr 10, 2010 05:31

One week to go before spring vacation. I've just charted out what I'm doing, day-by-day, in each of my classes. And then, after vacation, it's just coasting to summer. With the distractions of prom, graduation, field trips and the sundry other activities, the last quarter of the year is only about two-thirds the length of any other quarter ( Read more... )

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wneleh April 10 2010, 10:47:41 UTC

Hi! How's it going???

We've been eaten by soccer here - first games are today, G at 10:30 and E at noon.

jcgbigler April 11 2010, 12:49:52 UTC

This is why I calculate my course grades similarly to the way that our guidance department calculates students' GPAs--based on the letter grades, rather than the percentages ( ... )

hauntmeister April 17 2010, 11:43:41 UTC

I can see the point of that ... but on the other hand, it could also "inspire" students to completely blow off the first three-quarters of the year, knowing that their 17% scores will be transmogrified into 69% at the last minute, and blithely anticipating that they'll ace the final. I've learned to never underestimate my students' magical thinking and inability to plan ahead.

jcgbigler April 17 2010, 19:06:10 UTC

I mention at the beginning of the year that "I calculate grades the same way the school computes GPA," but I don't emphasize this or discuss the implications in detail until 3rd or 4th quarter ( ... )