On Wed, 13 May 2009 11:01:53 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 May 2009 19:36:09 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>> 
>>> There have also been times in (say) math classes where I just
>>> completely skip a question, and the prof doesn't count it off, because
>>> it's not there at all to grade. I try to correct such problems, but
>>> only once. If the prof insists he counted right, I'll only point out
>>> the problem the first time. :-)
>> 
>> Now *that's* bizarre. :-)
> 
> Not that bizarre.  Maybe I wasn't clear.
> 
> I'd answer questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7, each on one side of paper.
> (It's a math class, after all.)   I'd get 10% off on #6, and 5% off on
> #2, and wind up with a grade of 85%, because the prof didn't take off
> the 20% for #3. He just counted up the points off that were written on
> the paper, and didn't count the points correct.
> 
> Happened at least twice that I remember. :-)

Oh, I was thinking we were in dreamspace still. :-)

That actually does make sense to me.

Jim

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