The culmination of my freshman year at college...
Let me explain to all of you why I, Justin Bullard Kieran Onorato, am the man. I shall start with a set-up of the situation that led to the point of this post. Whilst studying Calculus during my second semester, my professor suddenly had to leave for open-back surgery and would be out for the rest of the year. So, of course, we were graced with the presence of the assistant department head as our new expressor of mathematical fundementals. After the semester was over and I took my final exam, I e-mailed her to express a few concerns I had about the end of the semester, hopefully scoring a few extra points on the GPA, since I need to maintain a 3.25 to keep my scholarship. The e-mail read as follows:
Professor Harnden,
This is Justin Onorato from your 9:55 class that you took over for Professor Schroeder. This is the e-mail I spoke to you about after class. I just wanted to address some concerns I had about this semester. First off, I was given a scholarship here for academics and I am required to keep my total GPA above a 3.25. I am just above that mark, and hopefully will keep it there after the duration of this semester. Math, however, I think is one of the classes that is putting me right on the verge. In no way am I trying to insult your teaching abilities or your style, but I have spoke with several other students in our class, and they all agree that adapting to a new teacher's style, especially only a couple of weeks before the final exam, is a very difficult task. I, along with others, had some difficulty adapting to a new style after being so used to Professor Schroeder's. I feel that this puts our class at an unfair disadvantage compared to the rest of the classes of this subject. I am simply asking that you take this into consideration when determining our final grades. I am not the only one who feels this way, and it would be a shame to lose my scholarship due to unfortunate circumstances. I know this could not be avoided because of Professor Schroeder's illness, so that is why I am asking you to take the given circumstances into consideration. I apologize if I sound disgruntled or rude, I am just expressing the concern of myself and my fellow students for this semester. Thank you for doing your best in taking over the class, as I am sure it was just as hard for you as it was for us. I appreciate what you have done and I also appreciate your time in reading this e-mail. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Justin Onorato
MA139 section 9:55
Now, I did not hear anything from Professor Harnden for quite a while. After moving back home and waiting weeks after taking the exam, I figured all hope was lost. But alas! This very eve I was blessed by the e-mail fairy! Nancy had taken the time to write me a very well thought-out response that answered my every question! Her reply read as follows:
Hi Justin,
I appreciate your email and I value very much your opinion. I am very aware that it is difficult to get used to a new professor. I think that, for the most part, students responded very well to this, and for that you should all pat yourselves on the back!
I did indeed grade the final exam, the homework, and the challenge problems generously. In your section the average grade for the course was 3.31.
Unfortunately, however, I regret to say that you earned the lowest grade on the final in both classes: 115 points. Your total points were 781.5, a 2.3.
If I can speak to anyone on your behalf who is responsible for continuing your scholarship monies, please let me know.
Nancy Harnden
Note to all of my readers...that final exam score of 115 was out of 300 possible points, which by my calculations is about a 38.33%. I can do simple math. She actually e-mailed me to tell me that I was the dumbest kid in all of her classes, which made me say hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Despite this, I got a total GPA of 3.30 after my first year, so I keep my scholarship, and am still the man. That is all.
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Professor Harnden,
This is Justin Onorato from your 9:55 class that you took over for Professor Schroeder. This is the e-mail I spoke to you about after class. I just wanted to address some concerns I had about this semester. First off, I was given a scholarship here for academics and I am required to keep my total GPA above a 3.25. I am just above that mark, and hopefully will keep it there after the duration of this semester. Math, however, I think is one of the classes that is putting me right on the verge. In no way am I trying to insult your teaching abilities or your style, but I have spoke with several other students in our class, and they all agree that adapting to a new teacher's style, especially only a couple of weeks before the final exam, is a very difficult task. I, along with others, had some difficulty adapting to a new style after being so used to Professor Schroeder's. I feel that this puts our class at an unfair disadvantage compared to the rest of the classes of this subject. I am simply asking that you take this into consideration when determining our final grades. I am not the only one who feels this way, and it would be a shame to lose my scholarship due to unfortunate circumstances. I know this could not be avoided because of Professor Schroeder's illness, so that is why I am asking you to take the given circumstances into consideration. I apologize if I sound disgruntled or rude, I am just expressing the concern of myself and my fellow students for this semester. Thank you for doing your best in taking over the class, as I am sure it was just as hard for you as it was for us. I appreciate what you have done and I also appreciate your time in reading this e-mail. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Justin Onorato
MA139 section 9:55
Now, I did not hear anything from Professor Harnden for quite a while. After moving back home and waiting weeks after taking the exam, I figured all hope was lost. But alas! This very eve I was blessed by the e-mail fairy! Nancy had taken the time to write me a very well thought-out response that answered my every question! Her reply read as follows:
Hi Justin,
I appreciate your email and I value very much your opinion. I am very aware that it is difficult to get used to a new professor. I think that, for the most part, students responded very well to this, and for that you should all pat yourselves on the back!
I did indeed grade the final exam, the homework, and the challenge problems generously. In your section the average grade for the course was 3.31.
Unfortunately, however, I regret to say that you earned the lowest grade on the final in both classes: 115 points. Your total points were 781.5, a 2.3.
If I can speak to anyone on your behalf who is responsible for continuing your scholarship monies, please let me know.
Nancy Harnden
Note to all of my readers...that final exam score of 115 was out of 300 possible points, which by my calculations is about a 38.33%. I can do simple math. She actually e-mailed me to tell me that I was the dumbest kid in all of her classes, which made me say hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Despite this, I got a total GPA of 3.30 after my first year, so I keep my scholarship, and am still the man. That is all.
P.S. - Ask me how to get 25% off any purchase of $15.00 or more at WickedGoodVibrations.com!!!