Just got a C for my final grade in a class

[Dacalo]

Advanced Accounting - A
Internal Auditing: Operational & Management - A
Ethics in Accounting - C (78%) <----WTF@$!!#@#!!1one!!eleven!!!

Oh well, Ethics is only 2 units anyways. The professor used CPA exam for the final and it raped the whole class.

 

[djheater]

Straight A's, Community college though, so I think my teachers are just rewarding me for being able to form a coherent sentence.

There are people in my class older than 30 not able to grasp the carbon cycle.

 

[spunkz]

thought i was gonna get a D in my final class and not graduate, but it turns out everyone was doing bad so he curved and i ended up with a B+. finished computer science degree with all A's and B's yayyyy

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
My lowest was an A++++++++++++++++++++.

It came from a fellow ebay member. I was like, damn, only 20 pluses? How did I slip up? Oh well.

Slacker!

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

Did everybody else do their busy work? Yes.
Did it pay off for them? Yes it did.

Well why didn't you?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Umberger

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Umberger

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: raildogg
It feels bad. How are you all doing?

C is bad. more effort next time.

yet again, mosh tells it like it is.

it's tough love.

fair enough. i've never had a C.

me either.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Umberger

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: raildogg
It feels bad. How are you all doing?

C is bad. more effort next time.

yet again, mosh tells it like it is.

it's tough love.

Grade inflation in action. A "C" shouldn't be bad. It should be normal. A "D" should be bad.

Fiddle-faddle.

Buck up, work harder next time, and feel good that even a poor student (like me) can be successful in post-college life.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

One coud make the argument that people like you, with a sense of entitlement are what are really ruining the educational system. You realize you're saying "I did poorly on the homework, but I don't think that should be reflected in my grade".
I mean, from where I'm sitting, it looks like you're trying to avoid doing what YOU don't think is important, and who are you to say?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

Did everybody else do their busy work? Yes.
Did it pay off for them? Yes it did.
Well why didn't you?

And what does that have to do with learning and competency in the subject?
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, but how well you understood the material.

 

[Umberger]

Originally posted by: Dirigible

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Umberger

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: raildogg
It feels bad. How are you all doing?

C is bad. more effort next time.

yet again, mosh tells it like it is.

it's tough love.

Grade inflation in action. A "C" shouldn't be bad. It should be normal. A "D" should be bad.

Fiddle-faddle.

Buck up, work harder next time, and feel good that even a poor student (like me) can be successful in post-college life.

Not for me. I worked damn hard to get those grades. I wouldn't say that a C is "average" but it's definitely lower than a B.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

qfmft. if homework is that easy, then you should be done in 5 minutes!

so far i only have 2 out of 5 grades - 1x A+ and 1x B. the others should be A's, but knowing how retarded one of my classes is, i could possibly have a B in it >-<

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

Did everybody else do their busy work? Yes.
Did it pay off for them? Yes it did.

Well why didn't you?

I think busy work is dumb. Wastes everyone's time. No one should spend time doing things just to get a grade. They should spend time to learn the material. If work isn't needed to learn the material, it should be ignored.

 

[Umberger]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

Did everybody else do their busy work? Yes.
Did it pay off for them? Yes it did.
Well why didn't you?

And what does that have to do with learning and competency in the subject?
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, but how well you understood the material.

and if you get a job in a few years, and your boss asks you to do something that you personally don't think is important....

you are just going to decide not to do it?

no. you do it because your boss tells you to.
your professor is your boss. do the work they assign you. don't whine when you get burned for ignoring it.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

One coud make the argument that people like you, with a sense of entitlement are what are really ruining the educational system. You realize you're saying "I did poorly on the homework, but I don't think that should be reflected in my grade".
I mean, from where I'm sitting, it looks like you're trying to avoid doing what YOU don't think is important, and who are you to say?

What I think is important? If you had half a functional brain, you'd understand that doing homework doesn't prove your competency in the class.
Sense of entitlement? So tell me, what is the goal of going to school? To learn. Thus, what should your grades reflect? How well you learned right?
So prove to me, how the fvck does the amount of homework you did prove how well you learned?
Should joe dumbass who spends 5hrs a night on homework, that does poorly on the test deserve a better grade than einstein who doesn't do his homework but aces the tests?

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Dirigible

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

Did everybody else do their busy work? Yes.
Did it pay off for them? Yes it did.

Well why didn't you?

I think busy work is dumb. Wastes everyone's time. No one should spend time doing things just to get a grade. They should spend time to learn the material. If work isn't needed to learn the material, it should be ignored.

Exactly.
Your goal in school is to learn, not to carry out tasks from a boss. :roll:

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

:roll:
It's not about who's fault or who's to blame(did I even blame anyone?). It's about being rational.
Your grade isn't there to reflect your effort, it's there to reflect how well you understand the material. I haven't had one single professor that wouldn't have given me a B based on my final grade/lab grade.
My physics professor dropped my homework grade, as it dropped my overall grade by 5%. My last chem professor gave me a B since I had an 88% exam average, but a 15% homework average.
Your kind of thinking is what's wrong with the education system. The education system is about learning, not doing a bunch of busy work.

One coud make the argument that people like you, with a sense of entitlement are what are really ruining the educational system. You realize you're saying "I did poorly on the homework, but I don't think that should be reflected in my grade".
I mean, from where I'm sitting, it looks like you're trying to avoid doing what YOU don't think is important, and who are you to say?

What I think is important? If you had half a functional brain, you'd understand that doing homework doesn't prove your competency in the class.
Sense of entitlement? So tell me, what is the goal of going to school? To learn. Thus, what should your grades reflect? How well you learned right?
So prove to me, how the fvck does the amount of homework you did prove how well you learned?
Should joe dumbass who spends 5hrs a night on homework, that does poorly on the test deserve a better grade than einstein who doesn't do his homework but aces the tests?

It shows that you can't follow directions and do job that is required but not fun. Many times that is more important than being dumbass or smart.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

qfmft. if homework is that easy, then you should be done in 5 minutes!

so far i only have 2 out of 5 grades - 1x A+ and 1x B. the others should be A's, but knowing how retarded one of my classes is, i could possibly have a B in it >-<

You don't seem to grasp the concept of busy work if you think you can finish it in 5 minutes if it's easy.
The point of busy work is that it takes no brain power to do, but takes a lot of manual labor. Moron.

 

[Umberger]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Exactly.
Your goal in school is to learn, not to carry out tasks from a boss. :roll:

Your goal in school is twofold: to learn AND to prepare you for the professional world.

I agree that some homework assignments are more worthwhile than others, but I HIGHLY doubt that any of them are completely and totally worthless.
If you don't have the motivation to complete them, that is fine, but don't complain when your professor grades you exactly as is stated on the syllabus.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

qfmft. if homework is that easy, then you should be done in 5 minutes!

so far i only have 2 out of 5 grades - 1x A+ and 1x B. the others should be A's, but knowing how retarded one of my classes is, i could possibly have a B in it >-<

You don't seem to grasp the concept of busy work if you think you can finish it in 5 minutes if it's easy.
The point of busy work is that it takes no brain power to do, but takes a lot of manual labor. Moron.

homework doesn't always equal busy work- it's for reinforcement of concepts - you know, for the times you won't understand something (and it WILL happen). if you think you're so smart, then you should have shown it on all of your tests. clearly you aren't the chem god you lead us to believe, because you didn't get a 100% on your exams, labs, or final. if you want the grade, do the work necessary, or take your C and quit b!tching. part of school is learning, the other part is learning to work when you don't want to.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
I got a C(77%) in my chem class.
Got an 87% on the final, 88% average on lab, 75% average on exams. But here's the kicker, I have a 40% average on homework that accounts for 15% of my grade. If it weren't for the homework, I would be getting a B, easily. The homework involves copying answers from the back of the book, so it's not like it proves my competency in the class.
I'm going to talk to the science dean about it, see if I could get my grade bumped up.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?

It is your fault, stop blaming somebody else and looking for excuses.

qfmft. if homework is that easy, then you should be done in 5 minutes!

so far i only have 2 out of 5 grades - 1x A+ and 1x B. the others should be A's, but knowing how retarded one of my classes is, i could possibly have a B in it >-<

You don't seem to grasp the concept of busy work if you think you can finish it in 5 minutes if it's easy.
The point of busy work is that it takes no brain power to do, but takes a lot of manual labor. Moron.

homework doesn't always equal busy work- it's for reinforcement of concepts - you know, for the times you won't understand something (and it WILL happen). if you think you're so smart, then you should have shown it on all of your tests. clearly you aren't the chem god you lead us to believe, because you didn't get a 100% on your exams, labs, or final. if you want the grade, do the work necessary, or take your C and quit b!tching. part of school is learning, the other part is learning to work when you do want to.

Keep coming with those straw man arguments, but you just make yourself look dumber every time.
I never once claimed homework is always busy work. But in this case, 50% of the homework was busy work. I did most of the other half as I found it helpful, but I couldn't be arsed to spend 18 hours copying 15 pages of question and answers from the book that's nothing but a waste of time.
I never claimed I was a chem god, but I certainly understand more about chem than a C student.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

homework doesn't always equal busy work- it's for reinforcement of concepts - you know, for the times you won't understand something (and it WILL happen). if you think you're so smart, then you should have shown it on all of your tests. clearly you aren't the chem god you lead us to believe, because you didn't get a 100% on your exams, labs, or final. if you want the grade, do the work necessary, or take your C and quit b!tching. part of school is learning, the other part is learning to work when you don't want to.

Keep coming with those straw man arguments, but you just make yourself look dumber every time.
I never once claimed homework is always busy work. But in this case, 50% of the homework was busy work. I did most of the other half as I found it helpful, but I couldn't be arsed to spend 18 hours copying 15 pages of question and answers from the book that's nothing but a waste of time.
I never claimed I was a chem god, but I certainly understand more about chem than a C student.

1) you talked like all of your homework was busy work
2) since the homework is turned in for a grade, and you knew it, you accepted the consequences of failing to complete said homework (a reduced grade)
3) 18 hours over the course of 1 semester isn't a large portion of your time
4) if you want a grade that shows you're above average, then do the work necessary.
(edit) 5) see the last sentence of my previous post.

 

[thejnaitor]

You guys should exchange IM information and have this out elsewhere... hehe.

 

[postmortemIA]

If you understand more, you would have shown it by doing better or equal to others at all parts that contribute toward the grade.

but I couldn't be arsed to spend 18 hours copying 15 pages of question and answers from the book that's nothing but a waste of time.

with that reasoning you will never be a good student.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: thejnaitor
You guys should exchange IM information and have this out elsewhere... hehe.

but it's more fun when two things can occur:

1) the whole AT community can own him
2) any ownage that occurs will be in plain view for all of AT to witness