Hi Mrs. Ortiz,
Hope all is well and that you are enjoying this Monday off.
I had some concern regarding my grade for fall quarter.
First, when final grades were posted I saw that I had received a 95/100 for section participation. I was a little unsure as to why because I had gone to discussion, I participated frequently, and did my readings every week. I emailed my TA, Ariana, on December 24th to see what I could have done differently in order to not have been deducted 5 points, but she responded five days later saying she was traveling and would look into during week 1. This last Friday, the 12th, she responded saying that I received a 95% for my "superior work" in section, but a 100% merits an "extraordinary capacity." While I understand the expectation and reasoning behind each letter grade, I do believe that my effort and work in section merits that 100%. For example, every week I type out summaries of each article so that I can better recall the important ideas and use this to facilitate my commentary during discussions in section. …show more content…
When reading through the comments and critiques Ariana gave me, I felt as if the 79% I received was not a fitting grade for the content of my paper. I took my questions regarding my paper to my TA as soon as possible, but due to the fire week 9 the soonest I was able to speak to her was office hours of week 10. Since everyone was busy trying to advice for the history paper, I was not able to spend as much time discussing my concerns with the literature paper as I would have liked. I was able to speak to Ariana for a little bit, but she did not really directly answer my questions and instead talked about what else I could have
Hope all is well and that you are enjoying this Monday off.
I had some concern regarding my grade for fall quarter.
First, when final grades were posted I saw that I had received a 95/100 for section participation. I was a little unsure as to why because I had gone to discussion, I participated frequently, and did my readings every week. I emailed my TA, Ariana, on December 24th to see what I could have done differently in order to not have been deducted 5 points, but she responded five days later saying she was traveling and would look into during week 1. This last Friday, the 12th, she responded saying that I received a 95% for my "superior work" in section, but a 100% merits an "extraordinary capacity." While I understand the expectation and reasoning behind each letter grade, I do believe that my effort and work in section merits that 100%. For example, every week I type out summaries of each article so that I can better recall the important ideas and use this to facilitate my commentary during discussions in section. …show more content…
When reading through the comments and critiques Ariana gave me, I felt as if the 79% I received was not a fitting grade for the content of my paper. I took my questions regarding my paper to my TA as soon as possible, but due to the fire week 9 the soonest I was able to speak to her was office hours of week 10. Since everyone was busy trying to advice for the history paper, I was not able to spend as much time discussing my concerns with the literature paper as I would have liked. I was able to speak to Ariana for a little bit, but she did not really directly answer my questions and instead talked about what else I could have