Quote from: AmLitHist on April 29, 2024, 09:06:01 AMHA! "They" don't care how many A's and B's my students get, but if there are any C's it is a "the sky is falling" call to arms disaster for everyone. For context: this is medical/allied health professional school courses, so a "C" is considered unsatisfactory (students must remain above 3.0 GPA),and <C = F and automatic dismissal.Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 28, 2024, 11:21:31 PMWell, I got the call. I'm giving too many As and failing too few students.
My numbers are very skewed by the one upper-level course I taught this year, where everyone did very well because of a generous concentration of points in low-stakes assessments--definitely too generous for a group who's actually going to regularly do the work.
But even so. Guess I have to be a hardass for the next few semesters.
I'm always waiting on the opposite email: too many D/Fs, and too few passing grades.
Quote from: Aster on April 30, 2024, 06:22:25 AM[. . .]
if the professor wishes to put in the effort.
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Quote from: RatGuy on April 30, 2024, 05:50:54 AMQuote from: marshwiggle on April 30, 2024, 04:45:46 AM"Treat others as you would like to be treated" is entirely different than "Treat others as they would like to be treated."
I heartily agree with the former; the latter is a hole with no bottom.
I think you're willfully misunderstanding that quote. And I know your impulse is to respond with "here's what it literally means" and continue spinning in circles. But if you really attribute unfairness, narcissism, and/or maliciousness to the idea that people are asking to be seen as a certain way, I'm not sure anyone on these fora (or elsewhere) can help you understand.
Quote from: apl68 on April 29, 2024, 01:19:38 PMQuote from: spork on April 29, 2024, 10:25:50 AMClosure announcements today:
Wells College, NY
University of Saint Katherine, CA
Either St. Katherine's students and faculty had more to say, or its closure was the more abrupt of the two. Apparently the great majority of their students played sports.