the fallout:
I finally spoke with the Chair of the department about the grading issue in the class on Wednesday. He seemed to agree with me. He said he would speak with the instructor and probably end up changing the formula for how the final grade is calculated.
Today in class the instructor first asked me to speak with him. Then he moved on to explaining some changes. The final exam will now count toward 30% of the final grade; the extra credit will count as extra credit; there will be no review sheet made available for the final exam.
neat, seems like justice has prevailed, if a little maliciously.
Eventually met with him in his office as he requested. With two TA's present, he told me that he wants me to drop the class. When I asked why he said he just wants me to drop the class, voluntarily. I refused. He said okay and we went our separate ways.
That was so weird. It felt like a sucker punch. I almost immediately emailed the Chair of the department to let him know what happened. He replied that he did not know why the instructor would do such a thing.
So now I am confused. You don't get to be an on-again-off-again student for ten years without being able to tell when something is just wrong. Reacting to what I viewed as a mistake, I followed bureaucratic channels. In doing so, I apparently really pissed off somebody. But my actions resulted in the correction of a wrong.
Then suddenly to be asked to drop the class ... it seems absurd. All I can figure is that the instructor wants to make it as difficult as possible for me to file a successful complaint against whatever grade I may receive in the class.
Madness. Weirdness. Strange waters.
"Son las cosas de la vida."
(10 extra points if you can place that quote!)
I finally spoke with the Chair of the department about the grading issue in the class on Wednesday. He seemed to agree with me. He said he would speak with the instructor and probably end up changing the formula for how the final grade is calculated.
Today in class the instructor first asked me to speak with him. Then he moved on to explaining some changes. The final exam will now count toward 30% of the final grade; the extra credit will count as extra credit; there will be no review sheet made available for the final exam.
neat, seems like justice has prevailed, if a little maliciously.
Eventually met with him in his office as he requested. With two TA's present, he told me that he wants me to drop the class. When I asked why he said he just wants me to drop the class, voluntarily. I refused. He said okay and we went our separate ways.
That was so weird. It felt like a sucker punch. I almost immediately emailed the Chair of the department to let him know what happened. He replied that he did not know why the instructor would do such a thing.
So now I am confused. You don't get to be an on-again-off-again student for ten years without being able to tell when something is just wrong. Reacting to what I viewed as a mistake, I followed bureaucratic channels. In doing so, I apparently really pissed off somebody. But my actions resulted in the correction of a wrong.
Then suddenly to be asked to drop the class ... it seems absurd. All I can figure is that the instructor wants to make it as difficult as possible for me to file a successful complaint against whatever grade I may receive in the class.
Madness. Weirdness. Strange waters.
"Son las cosas de la vida."
(10 extra points if you can place that quote!)
we did the thing, and i had witnesses i didn't call, b/c i thought i'd shown, via dialogue and dialectic, how pathetic the teacher was - it seemed obvious enough to me..
but apparently you should actually defend yourself from accusations of bullying from your teacher when you're really a buncha iq points ahead of your teacher.
demonstrating excessive competence is apparently the same thing as bullying, sometimes.
not relevant, but an association.