Tuesday, May 1, 2012

End-of-Semester Letter

Here's an email I just received: he sent it last night after our last class meeting. He's sent many over the semester, mainly pleading for a different grade. We'll see what he wrote for his final essay . . . !

Hi professor Daniels.  I just want to thank you for the interesting experiences in the course.  I did learn a lot from all the authors.  While I rewrite the totally new essay 2, I remember that you told the class "in all  your years of teaching, only one student got a lower grade when rewriting the essay."  I could possibly be the 2nd person in your career.  I will accept any score that you give.  I truly wish you will have a wonderful Summer.  Take care
Terry


He's right that I have only had one experience where the student earned a lower grade after revising: he could be the second since he didn't take my advice about revising; instead, he wrote a whole new essay. Usually when students do that, they end up with about the same grade because they make the same errors on the new essay.

*Sigh*.

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