Grading Scale

[stublit]

Has anyone ever seen a teacher do a point system like this? There's a gap in between the letter grades. We thought she messed up. When a classmate asked her what's going on?, she said the gap is at her discretion. Meaning if I get 647 points, the teacher gets to decide if I get an A or B+. Two students could each have 647 points and one student may get an A and the other a B+. Isn't this the strangest thing? Or is it just me?

A 651-700 points

B+ 623-644 points

B 595-616 points

C+ 567-588 points

C 546- 560 points

D 490-539 points

F 0-469 points

[hell0nurse, ASN, RN]

I've never heard of that before...doesn't seem fair to me.

[stublit]

That's kind of my point. It's used to keep us walking on eggshells. We're all afraid to stand up for ourselves because we know it can come back to screw us. It seems like quite the liability as well. If two people have the same score, and just say one is black and gets the B+ and a white student gets the A, who's to say the teacher wasn't just racist?... I know it's stretching it and all but it just seems like there's too much favoritism as it is. I've already pushed the limits because I am a breastfeeding mom and made them find a place for me to pump at lunch. After standing my ground on that issue, I'm terrified to do anything else. The same teacher also taught us the earliest a baby can walk is 12 months!!! She's not the brightest to say the least. Could you imagine if I were to get a job at a pediatricians office thinking babies don't walk independently before 12 months!!! Lol, how embarressing. I missed 2 points off my last test over that!

[hell0nurse, ASN, RN]

There are times when you've got to be assertive (like with the pumping, bravo, by the way! I've really been there, lol) and then there are things you may not be able to change. If you really are finding, though, that the grading scale is being twisted to suit her feelings about individual students, I would approach your school's board of directors or whomever their governing body is.

As for the misinformation, sometimes you can't teach an old nurse new tricks. I think some people get it in their head a certain way and won't ever deviate regardless of the fact that it isn't current or maybe was never even true. THEN you get the, "Well, what you will do in practice is XYZ but for boards make sure you answer this way..." etc.

[lovedijah]

Thats crazy. How does she determine the grade? Class participation? In an ideal world try to get 651 points to get an A. Perhaps easier said than done. But again, this grading doesn't seem normal.

[newbtonursing]

I have never heard of such a thing either, but I hope your teacher rounds up for you.