Talk about grade inflation...

[shwaip]

So I took photography @ school last quarter, and only went to class the first half of the quarter. I also only did about 2 of the 10 assignments, with an avg of a 'B' on them. Logically, I should fail...having done only that much work. I got a D. I can't fooking believe it.

[Josh-]

I do all my work and get D's. :(

[Nomad]

Writing your name on the paper and turning it in isn't exactly doing your work.

[QCH]

As you will find in higher education, not all assignments are "weighted" the same and not all exams are either. The instructor determines the "points" for each grade (A=800 pts.... ). I've had many instructors that assign "homework" then never collect (or collect and never grade) because if you don't do them, you have almost no way of passing the exams. I've had classes that had three things to determine your grade... one paper, midterm exam, and final exam.

shwaip, you may have been given a few points for showing up, then turned in homework that happened to be worth the most... or the teacher simply doesn't care and passes everyone....

[shwaip]

shwaip, you may have been given a few points for showing up, then turned in homework that happened to be worth the most... or the teacher simply doesn't care and passes everyone....


trust me, it was the latter.

[Crazy Joe]

Well I had a Data Structures class at UC that the professor counted documentaion as 75% of the program grade... I turned in every single program in an unworking condition but well-documented to that fact and finished the class with a 75% and C in the class...

[QCH]

Data Structures was a tough class.... I managed a good grade too. School is SO objective though. Different instructors have different areas of concern. Some want documentation, some want working programs, some want you to have the ability to program with no sources and regurgitate code at will.... :scratch:

[EMT]

Data Structures was a tough class.... I managed a good grade too. School is SO objective though. Different instructors have different areas of concern. Some want documentation, some want working programs, some want you to have the ability to program with no sources and regurgitate code at will.... :scratch:

Humm... you mean subjective, right?

[QCH]

yep... sorry... spell check doesn't always know how to spell my words... I picked the wrong one. ;D

[EMT]

Yeah, from what I've heard & been warned of, college grading will be quite a bit more subjective (hey, it does sound like "objective") than high school's, although that had some subjectivity as well. So far though I haven't encountered such problems - perhaps CS next semester will change that trend :)

[Gargoyle]

Very subjective. In one case, it helped me out bigtime. In about three others, it didn't. Sometimes, you just can't please a professor.