<p>Another person from the peanut gallery (who has also taught college courses).</p>
<p>let it go. The B+ that you would be fortunate enough to get is already inflated. to ask for an A- is just plain grade grubbing.</p>
<p>Personally, I would not have given you extra credit because it sends the message that you are being rewarded for not taking care of your business and it devalues those who did the work and earned the the B+ you are whining about the hard way- *by actually doing the work without the benefit of extra credit *</p>
<p>Hey you know what?
I only emailed the professor that I was worried about my grades.
and the professor actually gave me a solid A!!!!!</p>
<p>So you got an A, but that doesn't mean you're any smarter than you were before!</p>
<p>Of course not. Let me tell you all the key to studying:</p>
<p>Getting good grades is about how well you use your own strategy.</p>
<p>The lesson is, work/study smarter, NOT harder!</p>
<p>That may be the key to good grades but not necessarily the key to wisdom.</p>
<p>So the key to learning is whining? Why hadn't I thought of that?</p>
<p>If you had an 89.6%, then you might be able to convince the professor to bump it up to an A-. Your grade stands as a B+.</p>
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Hey you know what?
I only emailed the professor that I was worried about my grades.
and the professor actually gave me a solid A!!!!!
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Wow--there's a professor I have no respect for. A professor whose criterion for changing grades is that the student "is worried about grades" is making a mockery of the grading system, and slapping in the face all the students who actually <em>earned</em> their A. I find it outrageous and hope never to have him as one of my colleagues.</p>