EPTMy professor just failed me [University - Socio.] - Page 6
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leo23
United States3075 Posts
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ninjafetus
United States231 Posts
On May 01 2012 05:33 Grovbolle wrote: I like that in America you can just complain if your professor flunks you. This isn't an America issue and more than your IT class was a Denmark issue. No need to be rude. Where I taught (in America), yes, you could "just complain" but usually you got laughed out of the office. But this might not be an entitlement issue. The student might be legitimately correct in this case. And that's why I'm giving advice. It doesn't hurt me to to give the benefit of the doubt, ESPECIALLY since I've seen things like simple gradebook mistakes have big end-of-semester results (like failing or not failing!). In the end, yes, they're students, but they're also customers, and they deserve to be treated fairly. If not, they are not getting what they paid for, and it reflects badly on the school. Of course, if they don't have a legitimate issue, and their work was worthless the whole semester, I hope their appeal fails! But I'd rather assume the best and be wrong than assume the worst and not help someone who's a victim. Sure, life isn't fair, but we can still try our best to get what we deserve. | ||
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
On May 01 2012 05:33 Grovbolle wrote: I like that in America you can just complain if your professor flunks you. TDL lives in canada.. | ||
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Zocat
Germany2229 Posts
On April 30 2012 04:41 Torte de Lini wrote: I didn't know that part [the extra steps to fail me]. I might just ask her why I failed, but I don't want her lamblasting me. That's honestly the only reasonable thing you wrote in the entire thread. You want to present your case and yet dont even know why you failed.... | ||
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Grovbolle
Denmark3813 Posts
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Excomm
United States152 Posts
It's hard to provide any advice without knowing a lot more about the situation, but it sounds to me like the teacher didn't feel that you were relating your writing/research to what was being discussed in class. It also sounds like you didn't get pre-approval of your research topic before turning in the paper the first time, which would have helped both of you become less frustrated with the project. It really sucks that the teacher failed you for the class, but like you realized at the end you should be more proactive in a situation where you might fail a class as it is otherwise taken as a lack of effort (even though it sounds like you put reasonable effort into the project). If the teacher is available, I would go to talk to her to find out what went wrong. Grading is actually really stressful for many teachers and I'm sure she did not want to fail you for the course. Now that it is over it will be easier to talk with her about what you could have done better (she probably has very specific reasons for giving a failing grade). All the niceties aside, if this is a professor that is involved in your graduation (meaning you may be taking another course from her or she might review a thesis by you later on) you should take her assumption that you might have a mental illness very seriously (it means she has a poor opinion of your performance and is looking for a way to justify it). I had a professor in grad school accuse me of doing drugs (even though I've only had alcohol fewer than 20 times in my life and never done any other drugs) and this accusation went all the way up to the head of my department without my knowledge. Nothing good ever came of it. Make sure the department stands behind you on this issue and things will work themselves out. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
He's good friends with Yael Glick and he said maybe she asked out of worry or interest (which I assure you, she did not). Then he said not to interpret it too far and file a grade re-evaluation about it. He also asked inquisitively if I did have a mental illness. P.S: I know he's good friends with her because I had two teachers confirm it. P.S.S: Done with this blog entry, just gonna handle it on my own. Thanks for all criticisms and suggestions. | ||
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10344 Posts
Though this coincides with another issue brought up earlier: it is a bitch to fail students, even with emotional motivation. I've had dozens of professors that I could tell did not like me at all, AT ALL, wanted me to fuck off and all that, but kept their grading unbiased (for me) and didn't fail me. My last prof didn't respect me as a human being ffs, but I still got my B. But boy just talking to him he made me feel like a criminal  I've bombed a few classes (meaning I withdrew them), but usually out of my lack of effort or inability to balance school with other aspects of my life. I'm trying to say that most emotionally stable professsors would not punish themselves by failing a student they hated only to have them return for the same course the next year. I have no doubt this prof did not respect you or your beliefs, but not to the point where you were failed out of spite. Maybe your papers were really bad in comparison to your peers. I learned the hard way not to dick around in upper-division courses (no SC, no partying, no exceptions, or else I was sunk). | ||
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