Fall 2011 Grade Watch

Those who filled out course evaluations will get access to posted grades on December 23rd.  Those who didn’t fill out their course evaluations don’t get direct access until January 17th- but of course, your semester GPA is updated whenever one of your grades is posted.  If you’re in the latter category, you can piece together what grade you received for each class if the class had a unique (for you) number of credit hours, or if you follow religiously which grades have been posted when.  Currently, I know of no grades that have been posted.  Please comment to this story when any of your fall classes have posted grades!

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72 Responses to “Fall 2011 Grade Watch”

  1. Enviro is up…bloodbath

  2. yes, barrozo is a fair grader
    He’s my favorite because he never tried too hard to act nice or act nicer than he really is. HE never gave out candies in class (there is nothing wrong with giving candies or taking students out to lunch – but imagine a poor prof who take students out to dinner or give out candies in class. i thought: wtf? you think we can’t afford these?)

  3. an essay about grading policies at BC law
    在香港,老師常勸學生:求學不是求分數!最近纽約一所三流法學院的學生,不滿意某科老師不用Pass/Fail來評分,更給他一個C, 最後鬧上法庭,因為學校所來都沒有應允採用Pass/Fail,學生手冊反而講明會用普通評分法,學校最後得勝了。
    這宗聽上去「無聊頂透」的小官司,令我聯想起廿年前極具爭議性、牽涉同一纽約法學院的大官司。話說一位叫Susan M.的學生,最後期考一科不合格,另一科很低分,終於GPA太低不能畢業,她指出老師沒有公平對待學生,讓一些同學開書作答,她就不可以,她向學校投訴分數,上訴程序亦不妥。纽約州法院認為評分是教授的專長,以保衛學術自由之名拒絕干預。Susan大概不是好學生罷,但她白白浪費三年時間和學費,最後整個學位都沒有了,我是替她不值的!如果Susan能證明學校出了錯,而她又差一點便可畢業,法院真沒資格沒責任插手嗎?
    其實,如果你問我對法學院最不滿意什麼,我會說是學校對學生的評估方法。都說法律用以捍衛正義,在這個知識愈趨民主化的時代,法學院卻堅守階級觀念,老師永遠高高在上,學生不論什麼學識背景,都要純服其權威下。大學本科和研究院其他學系,學生質疑成績,可依循機制上訴,法律學院就不一樣了,會堅稱評分已經確保公平,不矛學生上訴機會——更本末倒置的理據是:不矛學生上訴機會,以維持評分制度的可靠性!他得到A,你拿個B,不要問原因,一定要知道為什麼你不如他?這個…不就因為他的功課屬A級,你的只屬B級囉!
    我讀法律最後一年學國際法,那時港人在菲律賓被劫持的悲劇發生不久,我決定就此事寫一篇論文。跟教授討論時,我仍為事件激動,他卻有點難堪問:「發生了什麼?我沒有聽過!」我心知不妙,經驗告訴我,選教授不熟悉或不感興趣的題目,最終難獲高分,但最後我仍歇盡所能寫了篇(我認為)情理兼備的三十頁文章。當我看到分表上是個B+,而班中平均分是A-跟B+之間,這個我無法上訴的B+,就如有張刀揮打過來一樣!
    想起來,很多人對律師、以至法學院的壓迫感存有成見是可以理解的。我在英國讀的是文學,寫論文跟自己競賽,學校又人文氣息濃厚,在最低沉失落的日子,都覺得校園一花一草溫和的眷顧著我;美國法學院?就是我最舒暢時流露出的,都是刀光血影下偷回來的笑容!
    刀光掠過後,故事不就此完結。是的,professor, 我知我來美國念法律,還要將亞洲帶入美國,是自討苦吃!誰知道不久,我將原文投稿國際法期刊,終有本非最頂尖卻仍相當有份量的期刊採用了。我又將濃縮版本送往國際機構出版的雜誌,萬料不到為我帶來了二千美元稿費。最後?學校校友錄總編輯看過文章,叫我將它再濃縮,然後刊在下一期校友錄。血與淚混和了的味道,酸腥中原來可以是甜的!

  4. stop worrying about grades after 2L year.
    learn how to suck up to professors and find the right targets.

    I know a woman who did nothing but RA’ship (no firm job, no internship whatever). below average GPA. she got a job because a professor made a few phone calls.

  5. no more grades postings?