Wednesday, April 2, 2025

The Week

An amazing moment yesterday. Background: I offered the off-campus students two options--pass/fail on their homework; a regular grade. 

Most asked to be graded. One asked for pass/fail. Last week I told him he did excellent, really top-notch work (he's been improving a lot in his willingness to critique Aristotle over the course of the semester). This week has asked me, just out of curiosity, what would me grade on this have been. I said an A. His face lit up with delight. Ten minutes later, during group work, he called me over, Can you write that on my paper, so I can show the other guys. (I think they talk about and compete over their grades outside of class.) So I did. 

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