Half Donuts

[ousdahl]

There are departments at KU that are telling the profs/lecterurs to be "sympathetic" and "understanding" towards students in the 20-21 academic year because of the odd setup due to COVID.

That's code for give ousdahl his unearned A.

Bro but I like totally earned that A.


see?

[ousdahl]

couple Cs and a D too, but no B.

[CrimsonNBlue]

I think not rounding up from 89.7 is pretty harsh.

[ousdahl]

Right?

Must be a disco fan.

[CrimsonNBlue]

But, you also gotta offer something, though. Extra credit, redoing an assignment, appealing your case on a test answer with thoughtful cited research, etc.

You can't just show up like a student of our household's that said: "Can't you just round it up from 86%? If I would have attended just 2 more classes my average would have went to an A. I have a law school application that needs to look good."


Wait, was that you??

[ousdahl]

Here’s another thing that I think kinda bugged her:

(Shows work: about 25 kids in the class, 5 speeches each) out of 125 or so speeches that semester, she took pride in only giving out 7 As total, for each speech. A real stickler.

And know what? I got 2 of them! HA! She didn’t plan on giving anyone more than 1 A for all the speeches, but here’s the thing: my speeches kicked ass.

One of the A speeches was on KU’s fresh young hoops team that upcoming season. I even brought a poster with pictures of the projected starters: Russell Robinson, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush, Christian Moody, and Sasha Kaun.

At the time I had an even bigger bro crush on Moo than CnB does on Braun. If she pointed to that and that alone as reason for a B, I wouldn’t have argued.

[ousdahl]

But, you also gotta offer something, though. Extra credit, redoing an assignment, appealing your case on a test answer with thoughtful cited research, etc.

You can't just show up like a student of our household's that said: "Can't you just round it up from 86%? If I would have attended just 2 more classes my average would have went to an A. I have a law school application that needs to look good."


Wait, was that you??

Exactly!

Make me write an extra credit essay or something, I’ll do it.

I guess more than anything my complaint is directed at her arbitrary “discretion” bullshit.

[Deleted User 865]

(Shows work: about 25 kids in the class, 5 speeches each) out of 125 or so speeches that semester, she took pride in only giving out 7 As total, for each speech. A real stickler.

And know what? I got 2 of them! HA! She didn’t plan on giving anyone more than 1 A for all the speeches,

And why didn't you go to law school again? Sounds like your profs would've trained you well.

[ousdahl]

I did go to law school!

Long story short, I dropped out after they wouldn’t pass me just on tan lines.

[Deleted User 865]

I did go to law school!

Long story short, I dropped out after they wouldn’t pass me just on tan lines.

Should’ve gone to Yale. I hear they are into that sort of thing there.

Thought you just took lsats. Didn’t remember you actually going.

[ousdahl]

Yeah, one semester at Oregon. B minus average.

[zsn]

What if the next grade below 526 was 508? Would you draw the line at 526?

I used to joke that how I round depended on how I felt about you standing over me with a scalpel when I am 70 years old! (My students were mostly pre-med and pharmacy majors)

[Deleted User 89]

No matter what the internet deviants and malcontents say.

you shouldn’t talk about lobs that way

[pdub]

I'd make them write an 1000 word paper on why they deserve that .3%.
Then give it to em.

[PhDhawk]

I'd make them write an 1000 word paper on why they deserve that .3%.
Then give it to em.

Double entendre?

[shindig]

I'd make them write an 1000 word paper on why they deserve that .3%.
Then give it to em.

I never cared enough about GPA's when I was at KU. Not that I didn't want all A's, but I was always pretty much a B student. I would get a few A's, some B's and every now and then a C. I think I still graduated with a double major in Accounting and Finance with a 3.24. I was happy with that. Some classes I "had" to take like Western Civilization or Organization Behavior, I put very little effort in, think I got a C in both those classes.

[Deleted User 89]

i finished my undergrad at KU with a 2.56

then, went on to grad school and got a 3.9 through both masters and phd curricula

go figure

[shindig]

i finished my undergrad at KU with a 2.56

then, went on to grad school and got a 3.9 through both masters and phd curricula

go figure

Yeah, I got my MBA at UMKC while working at Sprint and I graduated with a 3.54 or something like that. Primarily because you only got full reimbursement from Sprint if you got an A or B. If you got a C, it was like half reimbursed.

[Deleted User 89]

i finished my undergrad at KU with a 2.56

then, went on to grad school and got a 3.9 through both masters and phd curricula

go figure

Yeah, I got my MBA at UMKC while working at Sprint and I graduated with a 3.54 or something like that. Primarily because you only got full reimbursement from Sprint if you got an A or B. If you got a C, it was like half reimbursed.

i know a bunch of people in a similar boat...got “average” grades during bachelors, but then did notably better with post-graduate studies

not sure what that says, but it says something

[Deleted User 289]

I had a 2.8 something in High School. Did poorly on my SATs but did very well on my ACT. To the point of being accused of cheating on it.
My ACT score ALONE helped me to be accepted at schools such as Tulane.
My 2.8 put me in the lower 10% of my graduating class. 900 and something out of 1000 and something.
In other words, having a C+ (almost B-) average was VERY BAD in my High School.
Amazing how my learning disabilities were never diagnosed until AFTER I left KU.
Many teachers suspected and detected I had learning disabilities in grade school but I was never "diagnosed", I have little doubt I would have been a much better student in HS and college had they been.
So, in theory, do I have the right to blame the educational system I went through for my failures?