Birthdays and grades
My niece Lily celebrated four years today! About ten kids and their mom or dad joined at my folks' house for face painting and cupcakes. I like that she has so many friends, but being around a bunch of them at the same time is, whoo tough. They like to eat off the floor, crowd into one area, and explore everything within (and beyond) reach.
Then this afternoon I got back my first exam grade of the semester. Not that happy with the score. Then, in the class tonight, she hands out an example of an "A" type exam. Why not hand that kind of thing out before the exam? When she then also mentioned the class average was above my grade, I nearly flipped. Not cause I think I'm better than classmates, but because I dont know how I could have done any better. That angers me. I have a new expectation of myself in grad school, to be acing things (undergrad was real different). I want to be challenged. And I want to do well in something I so deliberately chose to do with my life.
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Happy birthday to sweet Lily! And best to you in grad school. It's just one grade :) You have many more A's to earn!
Grr. I tried to comment earlier, it didn't show up.
Are you considering meeting with the prof to discuss the grade? As someone with a negligible undergrad GPA, instructors always told me that I should've gone to them at the beginning of the semester rather than the very end; it may have made a difference to them to know that I did actually care and was trying.
Sometimes it's just a matter of getting on the same page. Don't wait until the 2nd exam to start the conversation...
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