hey..what do you think?

stpauligirl · Dec 15, 2005

hey. ok im one of those students who has to know how they did on a test and cant sit still until they do know. well we had our micro final yesterday and i emailed my teacher yesterday asking if she cuold please email me my grade for the final when she gets a chance. well im worried that she thinks im weird or that she thinks of me as a pest b/c ive emailed her once before asking for a test grade. if you were a teacher, would you consider me a pest? she hasnt emailed me back yet but im sure its just b/c shes busy. but yeah i hope im not bother her or anything. well if you were a teacher would a student like me annoy you? do teachers like it when students care about their grades and stuff as much as i do? if you can relate or whatever i would love to hear from ya! oh yeah shes also commented on how much of an over achiever i am haha..i dunno if thats bad or good..

I took A&P last sememster....at least your teacher didn't get an e-mail from you like mine did from me after our very first test asking 'What the :angryfire is wrong with your test questions, why did you ask stuff on the test that we didn't cover or you told us we won't cover in this course?"

She knows that you care and I bet you are not the first and only 'pesky' student:) . But she will take her time and has learned how to 'deal' with it.

Hang in there you will get your grade, BTW it drives me nuts too, not to know.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Dec 15, 2005

As someone who will occassionally teach a class here and there let me reassure you that you are a typical student! :chuckle So, don't feel bad. Most of the instructors I've worked with are very much aware that students are anxious about their final grades. Some will e-mail final grades if you let them know ahead of time. Others have had students bring in self-addressed and stamped post cards they can just write your grade on and drop in the mail. I've seen a couple of profs who will post grades on their own webpages with some kind of code attached that only you and he know about. A lot of instuctors, I noticed lately, are resorting to using scantron graded or computer graded tests to get instant feedback. In my health information management classes our tests are all on the computer. Once you click the "finished" button, you are instantly given your grade and you can get a print out of the questions you missed. We walk out of our final exams knowing exactly how we did on our final and what our final course grade is. Modern technology--gotta love it.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Dec 15, 2005

Nope, I don't think you are a pest at all. I do it, and most of our professors have their own websites where they post the grades. I usually email them and can get my grade before it's posted. I am sure they were once students and know the agony of waiting :rotfl:

Good luck :balloons:

colleennurse, ASN, RN · Dec 15, 2005

You are so normal! In my nursing program, we are lucky because we usually know within the hour of how we did on our exams, they know better than to torture us that way :) Once this last semester we had to wait a whole day to find out an exam grade, and I had my class at 730am, people were coming in stating that they couldn't sleep and one lady was crying! I do remember when I was taking my pre-req's though having to wait! I bet the teachers giggle when they get some of those emails, heck they were students at one point too

Fun2, BSN, RN · Dec 16, 2005

You're not a pest at all, and it is quite normal! :)

I'm sure it may get annoying after the 100th e-mail asking for grades, but at the same time, I'm also sure they would rather the students care about their grades. :)

Hope you did extra well!