"It appears from your grades that you are experiencing difficulties which, if continued, could compromise your academic standing. Let me encourage you, therefore, to make every effort to find ways of improving your academic work. Your advisor, this office, and the university counselling personnel are available to help if you wish. Please do not hesitate to seek such assistance".
Margaret E. Kastner, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
My closest thing to a D in college, ladies and gentlemen. What happened to the freaking genius who always aced math classes? Spare me the sarcasm. I got a D in my statistical modelling exam. As much as I can blame the teacher, it is as little as it is my fault that I got a D in the exam. It wasn't that the exam was extremely difficult. It was just the way the the marks were allocated. Some 2 line answers were worth 10 marks, while some 7 line answers were worth only 15 marks. It didn't make sense to me. But most of all, the material in the course is seriously taught poorly. I was told by the professor that the class average was lower than my grade. What the hell does that mean? The average is a fail? I am not even angry or frustrated. I feel ridiculed. Alright, I did get a B- in Real Analysis, but Jesus Christ! It's Real Analysis. How does that compare to stats modelling? I don't know. I need someone to freaking convince me not to drop this course. I don't even need this course at all. But I am not one who gives up... and it's not that I don't work hard enough. I've never worked so hard since JC days. Man....
hey. sorry just now was preparing for my midterm, a few seconds before i replied i just found out i missed out reading up something.
ReplyDeleteanyways, D sounds bad. but if the avg is that low, doesnt it make sense that the bell curve will put you all the way back up?
there's no shame in assessing your situation and knowing when to get out of an unfavourable one. cant expect to win forever.
Only God expects to win forever. But I do hope to win forever, albeit not expect it. The point is, the professor doesn't do a bell curve or whatever shit you are talking about. D is my midterm grade whether I like it or not, and I am not here to compare against other people. The D will reflect upon my GPA, regardless of what happens to other people's. I am not ashamed of my D. If I was, would I have talked about it here. I feel ridiculed.
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