Does this sound fair to you?

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

Ill try to make it short

In my Dynamics class, we were given a take home final today. It is due Friday.

There is a "honor" statement at the beginning of the test requiring our signature stating we will not work with others, etc etc.

It is graded on a distribution curve (for those who dont know what that is, lets say there are 100 students: thus, 20 will get an A, 20 will get a B, 20 a C, 20 a D, and 20 an F).

Does this seem fair for a TAKE HOME test? I mean, i am an honest person when it comes to this kind of thing. So if i take this test an get a 95%, but 40 other people above me work together, cheat, and all get 96-99's, i essentially get a C grade for my A test.

A few of my friends and I want to confront him about this. I feel like anyone who knows how a distribution curve works wil want to cheat, then the people who dont understand the curve/honest people will get screwed.

And dont reccomend that i should cheat. Thats retarded.

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[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Drop the class?

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

talk to the teach and tell him your stance.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

Drop the class?

I have an A average right now is why this is irritating me. I dont want my A grade in this class to be f*cked because of a take home test. This isnt an easy class to get an A in.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

talk to the teach and tell him your stance.

I'm hoping it is going ot be that simple. Me and a few guys want to go talk to him about it.

I'm not just being *****y about this though right? From a fairness standpoint im making sense?

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

go to the academic board. a teacher tried this in one of my classes last year and a bunch went to the academic board and got it changed

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

It sounds fair to me, sounds like maybe you should spend a little more time studying and a little less time worrying about everyone else?

So if i study, get a 97%, and some other douche gets a 100% and shows others his test, thats fair?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

talk to the teach and tell him your stance.

^^this

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

wait until after you receive your grade to talk to him

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

wait until after you receive your grade to talk to him

I thought about this as well. The only isue with this is that this is dead week, next week is finals week. Final grades arent required to be posted until the week after finals week.

I leave the weekend before the week grades are due for an internship, and i dont know if an email debate is a good idea or not, when i wont be able to physically see the test, or know how i actually did on the test in terms of normal grading.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

i promise if you already have an A in the class you will be fine. Unless you go to an Ivy League school and all of your classmates are geniuses

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

i promise if you already have an A in the class you will be fine. Unless you go to an Ivy League school and all of your classmates are geniuses

I have no doubt i'll be fine, but ill be pissed if i dont get an A. Im on a full ride scholarship at the 2nd best engineering school on the west coast (not ivy league). The higher the grade, the better i sit, and if it wasnt for the full ride, i wouldnt be going to school //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

edit: an academic full ride, so the A grade DOES matter

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

**** it, i guess ill just go for it, and if the grade is messed, i'll just go to the department.

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

wait and see what happens with the grade.

if you get screwed go talk to the dean or anyone that has power to correct it or talk to the teacher.

after all said and done punch him in the gooch

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

wait and see what happens with the grade.if you get screwed go talk to the dean or anyone that has power to correct it or talk to the teacher.

after all said and done punch him in the gooch

then this^^^^^

the guy is trying to get himself good ratings from the department.....and intentionally giving people lower grades is B.S. when you actually score higher.

The board is last resort