tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post116625087698570988..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: A well-earned FZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1166681189984749762006-12-20T22:06:00.000-08:002006-12-20T22:06:00.000-08:00Well, like I said: she must be scoring a few point...Well, like I said: she must be scoring a few points somewhere, because our open-admission college also has an open door through which to eject students who spend too much time on academic probation. If my math class was the only one she was dogging, then she might survive a while longer, but she'll never have the math requirement for a business major that way.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1166677606901863032006-12-20T21:06:00.000-08:002006-12-20T21:06:00.000-08:00That is one of the most weird things I've read in ...That is one of the most weird things I've read in a loooong while.<BR/><BR/>Round here, you get your financial aid yanked if you flunk."Ms. Cornelius"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16970201479637588558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1166571581358141592006-12-19T15:39:00.000-08:002006-12-19T15:39:00.000-08:00Mathed out and grammered up...Mathed out and grammered up...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1166342764214579952006-12-17T00:06:00.000-08:002006-12-17T00:06:00.000-08:00The place where I used to teach had the same polic...The place where I used to teach had the same policy as Jo(e)'s, so I'd occasionally have students come to my office at the beginning of the new semester asking if I could change their D to an F. After refusing to do so, I usually had a hard time explaining to them that there's no "less than or equal to" option with the grade you've earned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1166304377315102882006-12-16T13:26:00.000-08:002006-12-16T13:26:00.000-08:00Wow, that's weird. I have seen students here try ...Wow, that's weird. I have seen students here try to deliberately get an F but for different reasons. Here, if students think they are failing, they will go for an F rather than a D because if you get a D it stays on your transcript but if you get an F, you can retake the course and your higher grade will replace the F. Of course, it seems to be mainly wishful thinking that the higher grade is going to materialize the second time the student takes the course ....jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1166295344941902412006-12-16T10:55:00.000-08:002006-12-16T10:55:00.000-08:00Weird indeed. We do have an academic probation sys...Weird indeed. We do have an academic probation system that limits student enrollment or eligibility for financial aid, so I'm guessing my easy-riding math student must have had passing grades in other courses. But I'm not privy to her academic record, so I don't know the degree to which she was gaming the system. In a couple of decades at my school, it was the most extreme example I have ever seen.<BR/><BR/>P.S.: By the way, credit where it's due: eProf2 was the first to tell me he suspected a financial aid scam.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.com