Pissed Off: Failing Student
Jimmy's four tests total less than 100 points. When he got his last one back, he got upset. He asked what he could do to pass. He was upset when I said there was no extra credit, but if he did well on the final (highly unlikely) he could still pass. Poor Jimmy told me he is a terrible test taker. He didn't do homework because after he missed a few there was no point since I told the class I would only drop lowest test grade if they did all homework. He just didn't get, even after four tests, that exams came straight from the homework.
Wednesday we finished new lesson early and I asked class to start working on practice problems there were given for the final. I told them to work together and that I would be happy to answer questions. Most of the students took advantage of the review time and worked. Not Jimmy. He was "tired". After the last class I invited students to stay behind for extra help. Jimmy was the first one out the door.
I give up. Jimmy deserves to fail.
(Picture from Newsday's car show--no relation to post. I just liked it.)
Labels: Bloomberg graduates, college student today
I just failed four students. One who had nineteen absences in a twelve week course asked me what I could do for him!
He is going through a divorce. We discussed the divorce situation and I explained to him that it would not be fair to other students in the class who had done a lot of work if I passed him. He did next to nothing. The sense of entitlement is overwhelming.
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Pissed Off: Failing Student
Jimmy's four tests total less than 100 points. When he got his last one back, he got upset. He asked what he could do to pass. He was upset when I said there was no extra credit, but if he did well on the final (highly unlikely) he could still pass. Poor Jimmy told me he is a terrible test taker. He didn't do homework because after he missed a few there was no point since I told the class I would only drop lowest test grade if they did all homework. He just didn't get, even after four tests, that exams came straight from the homework.
Wednesday we finished new lesson early and I asked class to start working on practice problems there were given for the final. I told them to work together and that I would be happy to answer questions. Most of the students took advantage of the review time and worked. Not Jimmy. He was "tired". After the last class I invited students to stay behind for extra help. Jimmy was the first one out the do
or.
I give up. Jimmy deserves to fail.
(Picture from Newsday's car show--no relation to post. I just liked it.)
Labels: Bloomberg graduates, college student today
I just failed four students. One who had nineteen absences in a twelve week course asked me what I could do for him!
He is going through a divorce. We discussed the divorce situation and I explained to him that it would not be fair to other students in the class who had done a lot of work if I passed him. He did next to nothing. The sense of entitlement is overwhelming.
9:38 PM, May 20, 2014
65 Court St and the UFT
My Job, As I See It
House Of Cards For Real
UFT Lovefest
Rudeness Knows No Age
Favoritism Hurts The Family
Teachers Contract Hurts Unionism
UFT Contract MORE Press Conference: Julie Cavanag...
Mulgrew Mangles Democracy
DON'T VOTE FOR A CONTRACT THAT CAN COST YOU YOUR J...
Stats Do Not Make A Good Teacher
About Contract--By Arthur Goldstein
Inner Circle Of Unions
New Contract and the ATR