Reading your post #19, I do not think you deserve an A in English.
I agree with MLH.
Honestly, I’d probably bump that grade up if a student truly participated a lot and improved over the semester. I would NOT do it because you asked though. In fact, you’d probably annoy me enough that I wouldn’t bump it.
By the way, English classes are NOT supposed to be easy. They’re supposed to teach you how to write, how to think, how to express yourself. As someone who just got done grading 75 upperclassman essays, I promise that these aren’t skills everyone learns… and you really need to.
ahha @MaineLonghorn my writing through text/ online is very different from my actual writing…i get told i should tone it down on being too wordy but that literally how i write. i know being too wordy is bad too but thats just how i write lol anyway @romanigypsyeyes he commented that he was proud on be for improving on my writing. he said that everything was very perfect…the detail, the conclusion…everything…the only thing he said was that i didnt touch on this one particular part…i did actually…but not to the extent that he wanted to…which was not even in the prompt he gave us…he said it out loud in class one day…this caused me 12 points from a 100…i swear he doesnt give 100s out in his class ever…ever!
i have other people who are not as bright in writing getting 96s in their freshman english class…im over here with an 89…it went up now its 89.53
i think he added in participation
Again, this is not HS. Most freshman writing writing instructors will not give out 100’s. ever! 100 is perfection, and I has seen few perfect writers.
Anyway, it is what it is. As a point of comparison, at my college, A’s in the freshman writing class are limited to 15% of the students, so some of them would be thrilled to have an 89.
Plus, you can use your energy more wisely than obsession with one grade as a first semester freshman. You can move forward, lesson learned.
It never hurts to ask and remember, nobody will advocate as hard for you as YOU!
Profs don’t give 100s. You EARN them. And the vast majority of most students do NOT earn them.
College seems like it might be a rude wake-up call for you. You don’t deserve any grade. You earn a grade. There will be profs who grade more harshly than others. That’s life. You’ll have the same experiences with bosses and whatnot after college. Get used to it and move on
No, it isn’t supposed to be easy. I don’t know where you got that idea.
Everyone else was complaining saying he created a philosophy class out of a freshman english class. he could have chosen music, or comedy, or other arts, but no…he chose how our life events affect our way of thinking, who we are today and how we can also express that through writing…how do we express it…to what extent…he’s not even a prof he’s an instructor. Whatever its over…end of discussion. Thank you all! I truly feel like I did deserve it. Like i said before I would always participate, at times he wasnt clear with what he wanted and would not even bother to write it in the prompts he gave us. it was just a given…we were suppose to know that he wanted that…how in the world are we suppose to know what he wanted? i’d ask questions and he was like “i cant help you guys you are on your own”. i wanted to meet with him but he declined. so yeah he’s a weird dude…
Excuses, excuses.
It’s his class. He’s allowed to do whatever he pleases with it.
At my U, we have the same system. We can teach the freshman writing class with our own topic- whatever that is. If it were me, I’d do it in the form of disability studies.
This should’ve been in his syllabus. If it wasn’t, leave him a poor instructor review.
it was not. and yes i did…
I ranted in the review lol. Thank you all.
You earned an 89.08. It would be unethical to give you any grade other than the one you earned.
I’m not sure why you’re “ranting.” You asked for a gift you didn’t earn.
I think you’re confusing your professor with Santa. Santa brings gifts. Professors report on the grades you’ve earned.
This seems of paramount importance now, but it will be a nit when you look at your college experience as a whole. Sometimes, we’re close, but just not close enough. Such is life.
Forgive me. As a mom and a teacher (though math, not English), can I make one tiny little correction?
You keep writing that it’s “suppose” to be easy, that you’re “suppose” to know…
It’s the wrong word. The word you want is “supposed.” The first time I read it, I thought it was a typo. Multiple uses imply otherwise.
Minor difference, I know, but important. How we communicate is important. And formal English shouldn’t be radically different from informal English. If clear communication is the aim, then the right choice should be the same. And if you want to be taken seriously, then how you communicate matters.
When you write “he chose how our life events affect our way of thinking, who we are today and how we can also express that through writing…how do we express it…to what extent.” Wow. It sounds as though he’s trying to make you think, to encourage some introspection, to become a strong writer.
He’s the teacher I want my kids to have, both my own children and the Seniors I teach. I want them to leave college with the ability to learn and grow from their experiences, and that’s what he’s trying to teach you. And I couldn’t care less whether he’s a “prof” or an “instructor” or a student teacher. He’s trying, not to just get you through a General Ed English requirement, but to teach you to learn from your life experiences, to grow, to express yourself in a way that helps others understand.
That ability will take you far in life. It will enable you to get through a job interview. It will enable you to write a clear, coherent cover letter. It will enable you to write a memo to your boss or to a coworker. It will enable you to write a letter to your congressman that expresses what you want to say in way that will get it positive attention. It will enable you to write a letter of complaint to a company that hasn’t provided the type of service you had hoped and to have them understand the issue.
All of these examples, and more, are what he’s trying to teach you, all while knowing that the freshman in his class are under the misguided impression that English is supposed to be easy, simply because most grew up speaking it. He’s trying to prepare you for life outside the classroom, where you don’t get a pass because YOU knew what you meant. Others do not know what you mean; they can only understand by the words you chose to say or write.
Forget about the grade, and take what he’s tried to teach you and learn it. Down the road, you’ll look back on this class and be very happy you had him for a teacher.
FYI, I once had an instructor that included her grading guidelines in the syllabus:
A = 93.0000-100.0000
A- = 90.0000-92.9999
B+ = 87.0000-89.9999
etc.
Never mind that it was mathematically impossible to get a 89.9999, but the message was clear - she was not rounding.
For starters, writing courses are rarely taught by full professors, or even ladder-track faculty. Secondly, that comment is just rude, IMO.
This isn’t high school. It’s supposed to be hard (writing poorly to get a C is easy, writing well is extremely difficult).
You’re not in the other classes where students claim they got easy As.
This whole thread sounds very entitled and immature.
You don’t seem to get there’s a WHOLE point between your performance and an A-. Your work was very good and you got a very good grade. You dont have 89.9, where regular participation could push you to an A- (but professors may not do so). You got an 89 and a smidgen.
Did you go to office hour every week? Participate in study sessions?
Note that complaining about an instructor’s rank and age the way you did in #30 is very petty.
Your prof tried to make you learn important things and you learned. What ypu say abou the class xontenr aounds very good, thorough, to me. You got a B+, which is pretty good. (Most freshman writing classes have a cap in As and Bs so 89 is very good indeed). You have to accept that even if you’re very good, others are better, or up your game. A means consistent excellence. It’s very rare in college, unlike high school where 50% get them.
Be aware that ranting in your evaluation discredits it.