Re: Life is unfair.

[Doug Craigen <dcc@ESCAPE.CA>]

Tim O'Donnell wrote:
> Life is unfair.
> That does not mean I have to be.
> I try to be fair with grades.
> I had a class where all but one were getting an A; the one was
> getting a B.  Nobody said anything to me.
> I had another class where all were failing except one; the one was
> getting a D.  I was read the riot act by the principal and told that
> this situation was completely unacceptable.  I like my job so I
> bumped up the grades.
> Life is unfair.

And then there is the case of the graduate mechanics class where
everybody failed except the one fourth year student taking the class -
he got an A (this was 2 decades ago at a University I was at).  The
Departmental Chair forced the professor to regrade.  This happens at all
levels.

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Doug Craigen
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