Statistics
So, I've been struggling with my Managerial Statistics class this semester. I made a D on my last test after all of my hard work!!!! I was so upset. I talked to my teacher about it after class because I felt like she penalized me way too much. I lost lots of points because I rounded my answers too much. I thought I was just following her instructions but I misunderstood. I used the correct formulas and worked through the problems correctly and just rouded more then I should have. Our conversation went like this:Teacher, "Cheryl, you rounded too much and made some errors but overall, this was a good paper...."
Me looking at her in disbelief, "but I made a D"
Teacher, "well, I will take your rounding errors into consideration but you are doing good in the class...."
Me fighting back the tears, "but I made a D on the last test"
Teacher, "Cheryl, you are probably going to make a C in the class because your weekly quiz grades are good right"
Me while pleading with myself to not cry at age 34 over a freakin test, "I've never made a C before"
Teacher, "really? oh. Well Cheryl, this is a very hard class. I've been teaching this class for years and it never fails, the overall class average is always a C."
So that was the end of the conversation. I did feel better after talking to her.
Then I remembered, there was one other time I made a C. It was in a class called Introduction To Black Culture.
posted by CherylRenee @ 8:29 AM
3 Comments:
Can you drop out and get the course from a good teacher?
Oh, baby. You gave me a good laugh with that last line. I know that it must have been as humiliating as heck to make a C in a course about your own race but so much for the teacher who always has a class average of C. I guess that is the way a bell curve goes but I know that you are capable in either course. Momma D
I thought about dropping the course over and over again but decided not to. It's only half way through the semester so it's possible for me to improve. Plus, it's the last course I have to take before I officially start my upper level major courses. Which will bring me closer to the finish line.
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