<p>I have (had) this 1 credit hour class every Monday last semester. I showed up to every class on time, did the required work, and beyond, and got a B. My friend, who showed up about half the time that I did, who really didn't do as much, got the A. I sent the teacher an email, and he didn't respond for two weeks. So, I called him, and he was like "oh yea yea yea I am still thinking about it, why don't you send me a follow up email?" Alright, whatever, I sent him a follow up email, further explaining why I earned the A in his class, and he sent me an email back saying that he is sorry to tell me that he won't change my grade because I didn't go above what I was told to do. Oh, my gosh. Is it worth it to send him an email disputing the grade further, to go above his head, or just to let it go? I earned the A, but I have heard from other people that sometimes, stuff like this happens. Please, let me know your opinions.
EDIT: I was thinking of emailing him to tell him that I would appreciate it if we talked about this in person, but I don't think he'll email me back. I also don't wanna call him cause it might **** him off.....I know I deserved the A and I feel I can argue my way to it..</p>
<p>Yeah, one thing I learned after my first semester was to never take any of these 1 credit, subjective seminar courses.</p>
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I showed up to every class on time, did the required work, and beyond, and got a B. My friend, who showed up about half the time that I did, who really didn't do as much, got the A.
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<p>Could it be your friend had the "right" answers and you did not?</p>
<p>For one, professors don't like it when people try to grade-grubbed because they see it as you are trying to beg for a grade that you didn't earn. Things is we will always think that we made a lot of effort so we believe we should get a certain grade but fact is, it doesn't work that way. But ya, don't email your professor again because he will see you as a pest.</p>
<p>Sometimes the teachers are absolutely biased and subjective. Or they might be oblivious. But, last term I had a course where I was 1% off a B+ and 1% off an A. That's pretty stupid too, but there's nothing I can do about it. In the class where I should've got an A had 10% "participation" marks... well, generally such participation marks are the worst because teachers can use it to "bump" their favorite students while if you complain about a low grade they'll just use so-called participation marks against you.</p>
<p>Ah what the hell, I emailed him anyway. If he thinks I'm a pest, who cares. I'll never see him again.</p>
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Ah what the hell, I emailed him anyway. If he thinks I'm a pest, who cares. I'll never see him again.
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I hope you don't want to take more classes in the same department...</p>
<p>Just because you show up every class doesn't mean you deserve an A. It's all about what you add to the class. And if you're one of those people who like to be a parrot for the professor, then yes, you deserve the B.</p>
<p>And what do you mean you went beyond what was required? Or was that just added so that the rest of CC will sympathize with you?</p>
<p>Besides, it's a 1-credit course. Get over it.</p>
<p>I don't think you have to go above and beyond in terms of adding to a class to get an A. If you met the requirements on the syllabus[in terms of grades obtained and everything else] for an A, you deserve an A. That is the only reason I would fight it.</p>
<p>In addition, I don't think the number of credits a class is worth should determine whether or not you fight for the grade. With that said, unless you really have substantial proof to back up the grade change request, I don't think you should go for it. Bugging the professor needlessly will come back to hurt you, not him.</p>
<p>Random, don't drop your two cents in if you don't know what the hell you're talking about.</p>
<p>I got a B because I did what was required for the class. He told me that, in order to get an A, I'd have to go above and beyond what was required, and show "initiation". He mistakenly called me today, thinking I was somebody else, and then told me that he's afraid that there's nothing else he can do. Whatever.</p>
<p>Yeah, okay. Because that "B" is the end of the world for you. /sarcasm</p>
<p>You're getting riled up over something as trivial as a B in a one-credit course over the course of your entire college career. Have fun with that.</p>
<p>You asked for opinions. Clearly, from your response, you wanted affirmation.</p>
<p>Were there grading criteria outlined in the course syllabus?</p>
<p>Yea there were. You do the bare minimum-B. You attack the goals of the class-A. I don't know what I'm going to do from this point on, but I think I'm going to shoot the director an email explaining the situation, and go from there.</p>
<p>Grades don't get changed, so don't waste your time.</p>
<p>The prof is in the right here. A doesn't mean good work, but exceptional work. By the sounds of it, your work was merely good. Being above average but nothing special, you only got a B. Unless you can prove you were graded by a different standard than the rest of the class, there is no validation for your complaint. Drop it and move on.</p>
<p>^ I don't think every course needs "exceptional" performance to receive an A in. For example, if I got every single answer right on my Math test, I don't see why I have to do more to deserve an A. Should I on top of differentiating the equation, add an antiderivative as well? </p>
<p>The fundamental error with expecting students to do above what's required is that we don't know what else we can do. It's much better to raise the bar than to expect students to come out of nowhere to give you exactly what you'd call "above and beyond". </p>
<p>Plus, the basic problem the OP's talking about is that how did his friend who was skipping 1/2 the time got an A... I doubt he was doing more than what the prof wanted. </p>
<p>"Above and beyond" is a vague reason. A more precise and useful reason would be "you did not understand this concept, for example on this assignment you..." or "after marking all your assignments and quizzes you only got 84% and you need 86 for an A"...</p>
<p>your friend is smarter than you. Too bad!</p>
<p>Don't bother with it. Just don't take him again.</p>
<p>This happened to me during a summer English class I took a little while ago. On the last day of the class I asked my professor what my grade was and he said I was at a solid B, and I was like *** how can you just decide to give me a B even though mathematically I'm sitting on an A? That class was a disaster. He gave us a bunch of work that was pretty much busy work and I got A's on all of it, I got A's on most of the essays. But I talked to him after class on the last day and basically made it clear that I couldn't leave that class without an A. It became pretty clear to me that he graded you based on whether he thought you cared about your grade or didn't. I ended up getting an A but it was one of the most disorganized classes I'd ever been in. </p>
<p>As for your case, it's a 1 credit class. I don't think it will matter that much even if you did get a B instead of an A.</p>