I'm not a grade whore
But I can say I Freaked.The.Fuck.Out when my final class grade posted as an A- and dropped my final GPA to a 3.89. And that is with getting all A's and A-'s!!! No B's or below the entire time and I'm going to end up with a 3.89??? Fuck the hell, NO I'M NOT.
By way of my apoplectic fit, I emailed the professor and became one of those snivelling grade-whores I loathe. Those that will argue over a tenth of a point or a technicality EVERY time they get a grade. I just don't believe in it. On the other hand, I don't believe in accepting mistakes and I know that I was kicking ass this term, getting perfect papers back up until the last week when we didn't get anything back. And that was being in Harrisburg for most of the term, stealing a few hours here and there to cull together my final project and paper. So I email him and start out, "I'm not one of those students who will complain and argue a grade, BUT..." and continued on with my meltdown.
His reply this morning was short and sweet: "Don't know where the problem is but you earned a solid A for the class. The grade-change request is accompanying this email to the Dean."
Problem resolved. No need to get upset. That is all I'm saying.
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You are SUCH a grade whore. Whore whore whore whore whore.
Better a whore than a slut. At least whores get paid.
At my school, after you turn in your grades you have a day or so to look over the print-out and make changes. I realized that a "B-" for a student had been incorrectly entered as a "B", so I made the change and initialled the print-out.
It wasn't until the following week that I received an email from a different student's mom. "You gave my daughter the semester award for the class, but we were surprised to see that she received a B-". It turns out that the folks in the school office had switched the wrong student's grade. As you may have guessed, the two students in question are next to each other alphabetically.
If I hadn't heard from the mom, I would have never known there was a problem in the first place. You gotta speak up!
PS: Congrats on the great job!
Could you act more like a 7th grade girl? Get over the fact you aren't getting a gold star on teacher's chart.
I may have to fly out there and have an intervention. Deeply concerned.