the second exam...

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so i administered the second exam to the students.

my intention was to make it a little more lengthy, and more challenging.

some students still managed to be done within 40 minutes; which is fine, i suppose...


at first, i graded the exam with absolutely no partial credit, that is, if any part of a solution is a little off, it was marked entirely wrong.

with this draconian methodology, the result of the exam was the following:

3 students got scores in the 100's.

6 students got scores in the 90's.

3 students got scores in the 80's.

3 students got scores in the 70's.

3 students got scores in the 60's.

6 students got scores in the 50's and less.


which to me, seemed not at all that bad.


...then, i felt a tinge of guilt, and since i've been granted mercy by God, i figured i should also grant these students mercy; so i gave +2 points for each problem that i gave no credit.

the results were the following:


5 students got scores in the 100's.

6 students got scores in the 90's.

4 students got scores in the 80's.

4 students got scores in the 70's.

0 students got scores in the 60's.

5 students got scores in the 50's and less.


the additional points definitely made the scores top heavy once again...


i reminded the students (mostly directed at the 5 students) the last day to drop the class without penalty with July 29th.

it would be ideal if 4 of the 5 students that are failing would drop, but i have a feeling the ego and the pride in some of these students will dictate that they would rather fail the class than taking no penalty... it's quite unfortunate, but i suppose if they must learn their lessons this way, so be it.

we'll see how it goes...