Are you not expected to have a grade curve?

Jun 19, 2017
4:20:08pm

Cougarclaw All-American

Can't you get in more trouble for giving all As?

How can department chairs always side with students and maintain any semblance of grade standards?

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Originally posted on Jun 19, 2017 at 4:20:08pm

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BYU-I students are the whiniest most entitled students I have ever come across

newbie

6/19/17 3:43pm

Sounds like story time. What'd they do?

Cougarclaw

6/19/17 3:44pm

Wore shorts.

The Board Genius

6/19/17 3:45pm

Please, this is a family board.

Backcountry

6/19/17 3:47pm

complain if they get anything less than an A on an assignment

newbie

6/19/17 3:57pm

That sucks, but I really did deserve an A. Why didn't I get partial credit on #7

jholling

6/19/17 4:04pm

So maybe you should work somewhere else.

SandYFan

6/19/17 4:10pm

yep

newbie

6/19/17 4:12pm

Are you not expected to have a grade curve?

Cougarclaw

6/19/17 4:20pm

Curves are the dumbest invention ever.

SandYFan

6/19/17 4:21pm

Hmmm, have you ever seen a banana bunker?

JohnnyComeLately

6/19/17 5:08pm

Where did you teach prior to BYU-I

84 Grad

6/19/17 4:53pm

Maybe other state school students don't care about As as much

byu1

6/19/17 5:12pm

Umm..sounds like youre in the wrong line of work.

Machiavelli

6/19/17 5:35pm

It's because most of them need good grades to get into BYU

CFMcK

6/19/17 6:03pm

I know there are legit complaints about bad quality adjunct teachers there

Lip Gallagher

6/19/17 6:08pm

So.... how many other universities have you taught at?

SandYFan

6/19/17 3:45pm

Isn't this pathways or HS equivalent type courses online?

mosterlow

6/19/17 3:46pm

You should give community college a try

KingDave

6/19/17 3:49pm

A friend of mine teaches at a community college and is constantly complaining

buffgato

6/19/17 4:10pm

We had a test that required basic addition

KingDave

6/19/17 4:22pm

My brother-in-law once applied to be a janitor at BYU-I.

Florwood

6/19/17 3:50pm

We need the story...

jholling

6/19/17 3:54pm

as a former byu-i student

bluekugar

6/19/17 3:56pm

They don't create the courses. Instructional design guys employed by BYU create the courses.

scall

6/19/17 4:00pm

... who get paid less than minimum wage by BYU-I

ToasterChive

6/19/17 7:58pm

RE: as a former byu-i student

Yfan2

6/19/17 9:02pm

RE: as a former byu-i student

Yfan2

6/19/17 9:03pm

This simply can't be possible. I really don't believe this.

Mister P

6/19/17 3:56pm

SIL taught an advanced math class online for BYU-I...

Division Bell

6/19/17 3:58pm

Bummer. Because that's completely

jxncoog

6/19/17 4:06pm

You get what you look for.

Machiavelli

6/19/17 5:39pm

As a former student there, I could see that.

Undefeated

6/19/17 4:09pm

That's okay... Guys on CB are pretty whiny too...

TheDeek

6/19/17 4:20pm

Newbie is a terrible whiner especially.

newbie

6/19/17 4:24pm

#openenrollment

Kerbouchard

6/19/17 4:23pm

#AdmissionCriteria #TheyHaveNone

Six Foot Seven

6/19/17 4:31pm

When you get a diploma in the middle of a potato field you expect compensation for damages

Q-grr

6/19/17 4:43pm

From what I've heard, they've tried to impose a for-profit model of higher ed

Hoss Bonaventure

6/19/17 5:05pm

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OneUpper

6/20/17 2:21pm

#see-Evergreen

lightmann

6/19/17 5:05pm

I think it's hard for the students because almost anyone can get a job teaching

Idahofallsblue

6/19/17 5:22pm

IIRC you have to have a Masters

Nat Gas Man

6/19/17 5:54pm

Yeah I was joking. I thought my whole message gave it away.

Idahofallsblue

6/19/17 8:51pm

To imply that the BYU-I student population is significantly different than

Machiavelli

6/19/17 5:37pm

While the demographics are similar, the academic demographics are far apart

Nat Gas Man

6/19/17 5:55pm

RE: BYU-I students are the whiniest most entitled students I have ever come across

Yfan2

6/19/17 9:06pm

maybe it's different now, but the old rule of thumb was that it takes 3 hours of

Nat Gas Man

6/19/17 9:43pm

Let that be a lesson to you.

John Doe

6/19/17 11:57pm

I teach online for BYU-I and have found the opposite. What subject do you teach?

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