Now. There is a whole hype on grades and what not. Am I right? And this year, well things have been getting a little bit harder. For me at least. And so I finally got a solid "A" on my math test. Ok? But, on one assignment, I underestimated my teacher's ability to grade stuff. And she gave me an F. (Which I probably deserved because I kinda made up a lot of it... Well some stuff I didn't really know. But still. Heh Heh.) Anyhow, this assignment is what. 14 pts? My test is 100 pts. So we must look at this relatively. 95/100, vs. 5/14 (wow that looks pathetic as a fraction.) Although the hw assignment says, "F". This doesn't mean: "Oh my gosh! An "F"! F for failure! Bells and whistles going off! holy moly! Or for Langdale, guacaMOLE! 6.02 x 10 to the 23!) Hahha well. My homework is worth 15% of my grade. My tests 85%. BIG contrast. Now, if we took this onto a total of 100 points, my test earned me 80.75 out of a possible 85 and my hw earned me a .75/2.1. Really, now how much is this? Oh yes, of course, right. My hw deducted a whole 1.35 points. The equivalent of this on a test is missing 2 points, on a 100 question test. So, for her freaking out about my hw failure, she should be freaking out about me missing two points on a test! It's all the same really.
So just in case you haven't been paying attention,
2 missing points on a test= An F on a hw
Now, two missing points on a test doesn't quite get the reaction as an F in hw, so I declare that we must reform the art of letter grading, and instead convert things only into points with a letter grade at the end. This is because of the cataclysmic reaction to an F, regardless of its value.
Now anyone agree?
2 comments:
Kara-
I find it unbelievably sad that you actually calculated and wrote this out.
I find it even sadder that I actually took the time to read this.
AHHH! I SAW AN ALLUSION. I thought of you. :)
But yes, I do agree. No reason for alarm.
agreed.
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