Academic Frustration
(And yes, it totally deserves the capitals.)
Here's the thing. The exam that I had last Saturday was a complete and utter schmozzle - to put it nicely. Questions were repeated word for word, grammar and spelling errors everywhere, and there was a mistake made with two of the questions. I know there was a mistake, because the lecture notes back me up, the required readings back me up, and hell, the course notes from another subject back me up. I am so right about this, and ffs they goofed.
Except, you can't just say to a lecturer, 'Hey! Newsflash: you screwed it up lady.' So I sent a nice tactfully worded email to my tutor (who's also the assistant course conveyor), with links to the required sources and relevant lectures. She politely ignored it for the vast majority of the week until I sent her another sweetly worded email asking if she'd had any time to look at it yet. I got a fairly brusque reply from her suggesting I ask the lecturer who presented that topic.
So, I did; attaching original letter to the tutor with it. This morning in my inbox, the reply is
Dear Joanne,
I'm presently away, but will get back to you as soon as I can.
Best,
(Lecturers' Name)
Which is bloody unhelpful. Like I said, I already know I'm right and the links and whatnot helpfully attached to the email meant that all they had to do was look at it - no hard thought required. There's some obscure want now, just for them to admit they goofed up and maybe alter the marking scheme for those two questions. It shouldn't be that hard, right? I should probably just let it drop, but I don't really want to given that it kinda concerns my grades - sure it's only two marks, but that could be the difference between a six and a seven. Anyone who's already had experience with the academic loop-de-loop got any suggestions?
Here's the thing. The exam that I had last Saturday was a complete and utter schmozzle - to put it nicely. Questions were repeated word for word, grammar and spelling errors everywhere, and there was a mistake made with two of the questions. I know there was a mistake, because the lecture notes back me up, the required readings back me up, and hell, the course notes from another subject back me up. I am so right about this, and ffs they goofed.
Except, you can't just say to a lecturer, 'Hey! Newsflash: you screwed it up lady.' So I sent a nice tactfully worded email to my tutor (who's also the assistant course conveyor), with links to the required sources and relevant lectures. She politely ignored it for the vast majority of the week until I sent her another sweetly worded email asking if she'd had any time to look at it yet. I got a fairly brusque reply from her suggesting I ask the lecturer who presented that topic.
So, I did; attaching original letter to the tutor with it. This morning in my inbox, the reply is
Dear Joanne,
I'm presently away, but will get back to you as soon as I can.
Best,
(Lecturers' Name)
Which is bloody unhelpful. Like I said, I already know I'm right and the links and whatnot helpfully attached to the email meant that all they had to do was look at it - no hard thought required. There's some obscure want now, just for them to admit they goofed up and maybe alter the marking scheme for those two questions. It shouldn't be that hard, right? I should probably just let it drop, but I don't really want to given that it kinda concerns my grades - sure it's only two marks, but that could be the difference between a six and a seven. Anyone who's already had experience with the academic loop-de-loop got any suggestions?