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Growan

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Its been a long time since I was in education so my opinion is probably not that relevant, but I suspect turning in a thrown together, ill conceived book report would have at least scored enough to keep that

Maybe not turning in anything at all was taken as disregarding the relevance/importance of that module, and therefore carried a higher penalty than even turning in a single sheet of drivel would have.


In the real world you can't exactly opt out of parts of your job, but plenty of people just fudge their way through the bits they can't be fucked with or can't give adequate time and attention to.

Either way, in an interview situation, I'm sure personality and suitability could smooth out one anomalous grade.
 
cannabineer

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Growan said:
Its been a long time since I was in education so my opinion is probably not that relevant, but I suspect turning in a thrown together, ill conceived book report would have at least scored enough to keep that

Maybe not turning in anything at all was taken as disregarding the relevance/importance of that module, and therefore carried a higher penalty than even turning in a single sheet of drivel would have.


In the real world you can't exactly opt out of parts of your job, but plenty of people just fudge their way through the bits they can't be fucked with or can't give adequate time and attention to.

Either way, in an interview situation, I'm sure personality and suitability could smooth out one anomalous grade.
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I don't know how general this is, but where i am right now 10% is one full letter grade down, no more and no less. We don't weight for "relevance" only point performance fwiw.
 
curious2garden

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sunni said:
hhahaha this job will be looking at grades though
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Only the first job and they look at it as a matrix. Even in med school grades are not the end all, be all, for winning the coveted residency trust me. Isn't the addiction teacher the one that let the kid who barfed take/retake the exam? (sorry my memory is very broken)
 
sunni

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Fungus Gnat said:
Why be upset if you chose not to do the work?
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its not that i chose not too because i didnt want to, i was swamped with too many assignment they were all worth more so in order to hand ine verything else i had to sacrifice that one assignment.
Growan said:
Its been a long time since I was in education so my opinion is probably not that relevant, but I suspect turning in a thrown together, ill conceived book report would have at least scored enough to keep that

Maybe not turning in anything at all was taken as disregarding the relevance/importance of that module, and therefore carried a higher penalty than even turning in a single sheet of drivel would have.


In the real world you can't exactly opt out of parts of your job, but plenty of people just fudge their way through the bits they can't be fucked with or can't give adequate time and attention to.

Either way, in an interview situation, I'm sure personality and suitability could smooth out one anomalous grade.
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no no its goes straight by percents and numbers not because of anything youre suggesting
 
Growan

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cannabineer said:
I don't know how general this is, but where i am right now 10% is one full letter grade down, no more and no less. We don't weight for "relevance" only point performance fwiw.
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Which makes perfect sense. It's a numbers game I guess.

Would a crappy rushed out book report have garnered a few points even if it had little substance?
 
Indagrow

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Growan said:
Which makes perfect sense. It's a numbers game I guess.

Would a crappy rushed out book report have garnered a few points even if it had little substance?
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Yes.

A 5 is better than a zero.

You could tell the teacher you handed it in and have a copy on your computer not sure what happened on her end but you never got it back.. I did every other assignment why would I skip one if I had an A?

Yes it's lying. It could also be effective
 
sunni

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Growan said:
Which makes perfect sense. It's a numbers game I guess.

Would a crappy rushed out book report have garnered a few points even if it had little substance?
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see that would involve reading 400 pages of a book wh, which i attempted but i had 13 other assignments due that were worth more they were all due int hat week.., so i had to drop something, i assumed since i had straight A's in that class i could sacrifice it, i guess not lesson learned.
 
Growan

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sunni said:
see that would involve reading 400 pages of a book wh, which i attempted but i had 13 other assignments due that were worth more they were all due int hat week.., so i had to drop something, i assumed since i had straight A's in that class i could sacrifice it, i guess not lesson learned.
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Too right. I don't have time to read even for pleasure, and I'm not working my ass off trying to complete endless assignments, hold down s job, move house....
13 assignments. I take my hat off to you, ma'am. And well done on maintaining your sanity.
 
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curious2garden said:
I have plants to kill and here I sit not wanting to go kill anyone. The girls are over growing their tent screaming for the big table and here I sit watching my fat fanny widen....... I think I'll roll a joint. See if being higher gives me a different perspective.
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I've got some to chop down too, but it's finals week and I need to get my homework and finals done first. Buuuuuttt I'm on RIU and not getting anything done.
 
bu$hleaguer

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In undergrad it wasn't uncommon to have different weighted projects & assignments. Certain reports based on the size and what not were worth huge quantities of your total grade compared to others. Sounds like you missed a pretty important one, Sunni. Not sure what job you're trying to get, but unless it's grad school applications or you're taking your LSAT or MCAT soon, your grades don't matter too much as long as your cum GPA is in the mid 3's. It's the school you graduate from that they care about. The top 5% schools fill all the top jobs and then everyone else battles like a scrub for the remaining few spots at the top employers. Also, again, I'm not in your field of study but extracurricular activities, unless they fall in your field of study usually wouldn't sway a job interview.
 
sunni

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bu$hleaguer said:
In undergrad it wasn't uncommon to have different weighted projects & assignments. Certain reports based on the size and what not were worth huge quantities of your total grade compared to others. Sounds like you missed a pretty important one, Sunni. Not sure what job you're trying to get, but unless it's grad school applications or you're taking your LSAT or MCAT soon, your grades don't matter too much as long as your cum GPA is in the mid 3's. It's the school you graduate from that they care about. The top 5% schools fill all the top jobs and then everyone else battles like a scrub for the remaining few spots at the top employers. Also, again, I'm not in your field of study but extracurricular activities, unless they fall in your field of study usually wouldn't sway a job interview.
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it was 10% thatys not that important most of ours are 20- 25%
 
bu$hleaguer

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sunni said:
it was 10% thatys not that important most of ours are 20- 25%
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Yeah, then you got fucked. If you got A's on everything else, then this shouldn't weigh you down to a C. Unless there's a requirement that every assignment be handed in- that could be a dinger if that's the case.
 
Indagrow

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Ahhh finals week when you really get to see how much of a procrastinator you are. It's eye opening, almost to the point where I might look at some anatomy. Nahhh
 
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