tell me i'm not crazy

[rocadelpunk]

So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

 

[theflyingpig]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk

I'm baffled.

Of course you are.

 

[venkman]

97% of all available points not including your 5% babysitting points?

 

[GeekDrew]

How can you be baffled? Manually calculate the scores of a few students and figure out what it's doing.

Is it including any logic along the lines that it only includes a category weight if there are valid assignments with maximum scores?

 

[TurtleCrusher]

That's some awful low classwork percentages.

Reward your students for showing up to class. Upping that % will dramatically increase classroom productivity.

 

[wiredspider]

bad teacher

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

The percentages the program is presenting to you may be based on the total possible points so far in the course. So, one student has earned 97% of the possible points so far and another 99%. If that is not the case, do some math on your own and find the discrepancy. 🙂

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

The percentages the program is presenting to you may be based on the total possible points so far in the course. So, one student has earned 97% of the possible points so far and another 99%. If that is not the case, do some math on your own and find the discrepancy. 🙂

I really hope that he doesn't teach math. This thread would turn epic if he did.

 

[rocadelpunk]

really and why would it? I have a math and engineering background, that's not the problem. It was late, I have the flu and I didn't really have the energy to go through 20 + assignments and calculate the percentages. Finding the discrepancy won't really help unfortunately as the weights are set up the same and there's very very few options in setting up the grading scale.

I was just more or less venting why the program isn't working correctly : / because even if I found where it went wrong, I wouldn't know how to fix it.

Total number of pts is out the window because it doesn't matter whether I change the value of that one behavior assignment from 1 or 100, the effect is still the same.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

^^^^^^^^^^^
Math Teacher. 😉

 

[rocadelpunk]

never mind, figured it out. If a student has a blank spot or ex (excused) in the gradebook it doesn't include that in the total pts. I had some students who joined the class like a week or two ago and don't have that many recorded grades so it was really only calculating the scores out of 60-70 pts.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
never mind, figured it out. If a student has a blank spot or ex (excused) in the gradebook it doesn't include that in the total pts. I had some students who joined the class like a week or two ago and don't have that many recorded grades so it was really only calculating the scores out of 60-70 pts.

Well that makes sense. Do you use snap grades or do you use an application that you got from your school?

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

Are you a school teacher?



BURN IN HELL IF YOU ARE

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

Are you a school teacher?



BURN IN HELL IF YOU ARE

This is what I thought at first. I would be heated if that's what my grades were based off of. What level of school do you teach, OP?

 

[rocadelpunk]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

Are you a school teacher?



BURN IN HELL IF YOU ARE

excuse me?

and yeah easygrade pro. It slipped my mind because normally I just put a 0 until I get that assignment, but a lot of kids just didn't have the necessary time to make some stuff up and I had left spots blank - which left some categories blank for them.

haha, wow and out come the pricks in the early am. First off, care to tell me why you think my system is unfair?

I create specific problems for homework that will prepare you for the quizzes which will in turn prepare you for the tests. Plus, I allow corrections on quizzes and tests so you can earn half the points back you missed and if you really bombed it and you do corrections (my way) I'll bring you up to at least a 70.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

Are you a school teacher?



BURN IN HELL IF YOU ARE

excuse me?

and yeah easygrade pro. It slipped my mind because normally I just put a 0 until I get that assignment, but a lot of kids just didn't have the necessary time to make some stuff up and I had left spots blank - which left some categories blank for them.

I FUCKING PUT UP WITH YEARS OF BEING TOLD I WOULD NOT AMOUNT TO ANYTHING

Piss off teacher! Your not wanted here!



LEave them kids ALONE

 

[rocadelpunk]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

Are you a school teacher?



BURN IN HELL IF YOU ARE

excuse me?

and yeah easygrade pro. It slipped my mind because normally I just put a 0 until I get that assignment, but a lot of kids just didn't have the necessary time to make some stuff up and I had left spots blank - which left some categories blank for them.

I FUCKING PUT UP WITH YEARS OF BEING TOLD I WOULD NOT AMOUNT TO ANYTHING DIE TEACHER DIE

someone call the whambulance please.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

Are you a school teacher?



BURN IN HELL IF YOU ARE

excuse me?

and yeah easygrade pro. It slipped my mind because normally I just put a 0 until I get that assignment, but a lot of kids just didn't have the necessary time to make some stuff up and I had left spots blank - which left some categories blank for them.

I FUCKING PUT UP WITH YEARS OF BEING TOLD I WOULD NOT AMOUNT TO ANYTHING

Piss off teacher! Your not wanted here!



LEave them kids ALONE

Believe it or not I heard the same thing from my brother. One time at parent - teacher conference a teacher told my mom exactly those words about my brother. My mom was so angry.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: Scholzpdx

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
So I've weighted my class to be

quiz 25%
homework 20%
Behavior 5%
Classwork 5%
Test 45%

using the standard grading scale

Right now I have 0 behavior assignments as I am doing that at the end of the term

So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled.

Are you a school teacher?



BURN IN HELL IF YOU ARE

excuse me?

and yeah easygrade pro. It slipped my mind because normally I just put a 0 until I get that assignment, but a lot of kids just didn't have the necessary time to make some stuff up and I had left spots blank - which left some categories blank for them.

I FUCKING PUT UP WITH YEARS OF BEING TOLD I WOULD NOT AMOUNT TO ANYTHING

Piss off teacher! Your not wanted here!



LEave them kids ALONE

Believe it or not I heard the same thing from my brother. One time at parent - teacher conference a teacher told my mom exactly those words about my brother. My mom was so angry.

It has taken me fucking 7 years to get my life in some sort of direction. Fucking the year 2002 i had to put up with so much crap from petty minded teachers.

Fucking teachers!!!

 

[rocadelpunk]

And I teach 7th grade math in south phoenix - in a district/area that most of my friends wouldn't even apply to because it's that bad.

The school I'm at now has had 8 principals in 7 years, 95% are on free lunches & we serve them breakfast as well. The school was within an inch of being taken over by the government, but some of us are trying to take charge and change the culture down here.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk
And I teach 7th grade math in south phoenix - in a district/area that most of my friends wouldn't even apply to because it's that bad.

The school I'm at now has had 8 principals in 7 years, 95% are on free lunches & we serve them breakfast as well. The school was within an inch of being taken over by the government, but some of us are trying to take charge and change the culture down here.

wow that's kind of weird. At my work two coworkers of mine have taught there and now they're working in retail. They told me how bad it is in the suburbs of phoenix. I completely you forgive you for screwing up your grades.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk


quiz 25% <-- Read my rant on tests

homework 20% <-- THis is BULLSHIT kids should be OUTSIDE during the best years of their life, NOT spending their evenings learning about bullshit that they WILL NOT USE IN REAL LIFE

Behavior 5% <-- Behavior BEFUCKINGHAVIOR your OPINION affects a students marks? Thats fucked. Even at work i try and respect everyone, but i will stick up for myself! I told a copper to have an attitude adjustment today(I am contracting for police stations again). What would you do if a student told you to have an attitude adjustment? You would piss your pants and hand out detention!!

Classwork 5% <- I will think of somthing for this later... i have gone to get a beer i am PISSED OFF


Test 45% <--You going to base 8 weeks of boring crap that kids will NOT USE after school and put it into a 45 minute test? You are an IDIOT if i have a problem at work and i have exhausted all info at my fingertips i ring my mentors for advice!!! What would you do if a kid got his phone out and rang a mentor for help? You would piss your pants and hand out detentions



I'm baffled.

Your baffled because you are a teacher and you dont understand REAL FUCKING LIFE, but your fucking quick to hand out advice to those that about to enter real FUCKING life

Fuck you all, i am getting a vodka on the rocks


Kick back, have a lot of vodka and rejoin us after your week off! Hayabusa Rider

 

[Sea Moose]

well? I thoughtd youd have a given a response by now

 

[TurtleCrusher]

You know for the most I think you're right. I think the homework is spot on though. I would hate to be judged on my behavior. Most the time the things that I say at work are the most unpopular but at least I get my god damn job done.

God and I hate tests. Those things really freaked me out I do not think that they should be the judge of my intellectual ability. I do however think that the work that is done there and inside of the class room should hold much more weight than things like homework, quizzes and tests.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: rocadelpunk


So if I add one behavior assignment with 5pt max, if they get a 5 that would give them a 5% boost on their overall grade. Moreover, since all the other categories only add up to 95% nobody should be able to get over that, yet I have a student at 97% and a student at 99%.

This is with no behavior assignments. When I add a behavior assignment and give it a max score of 5pts and assign a student 5pts for that behavior assignment...sometimes their grades go up by 1%, sometimes 3% sometimes 5

I'm baffled

Instead of worrying about that poor darling that is sitting on 99%, why not give the assignment to the student sitting on 45% to help him boost his grade. Or better yet, actually do somthing to get all kids over the pass grade.


Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime


What you idiots dont seem to realise is that not everyone is book smart. I could not sit still for 8 hours at school, because like all males i have a 15 minute attention span. There was a time when i would read electrical theory for hours and not understand it, my mentor showed me, and i understood in 5 minutes

Your kids would learn the topic if it was hands on or a bit tailored to be relevant to students lives.

but you wont do that, cause your a typical fucking teacher that is more worried about the top three kids, than the bottom three kids.