Tuesday, January 11, 2005

That Student...

Remember that student who complained about his grade with several profanities. He wrote to 'apologize.'

I use quotes because (a) he was brought in for discipline and was thus probably advised or instructed to apologize; and (b) he also informed me that he would be formally protesting his grade and the way I "blew him off" and treated him unfairly.

Sigh.

2 Comments:

At 6:46 PM, Blogger ~profgrrrrl~ said...

Does it really count as an apology when accompanied by the rest of the note? Ugh, some people.

 
At 7:35 AM, Blogger TerminalMFA said...

Exactly. My department chair, after reading the apology, said the same thing -- it was hardly sincere. I was more uptight about having my grade challenged when I posted the initial topic. Now, I'm just annoyed because the problem won't go away, and I think it's ridiculous that a student thinks he can sit in my class and speak maybe once all semester and get a good participation grade.

 

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