Must you constantly flaunt your disrespect of students?
I think I've made my qualms with my school's math department known (if not known, please refer to a really long post from June 17, 2008), but this incident today takes the cake.
I had the first part of my BC Calculus final yesterday. It wasn't anything difficult and I was excited to see how I would do so that I could concentrate on my problem areas for next week's AP since I REALLY need to get a 5. Today, it turns out that a student in AB Calculus (a COMPLETELY different class with different teachers, a different syllabus, and a different "track") cheated on their final which was also on the same day.
What does the department do? Well, they take measures against this student and void the AB final. They also void the BC Calculus final.
I cannot explain how angry I am about this. Their reasoning baffles me--they think that this test MAY BE on the internet (even though they can find no trace of this specific one) so they have to void it. AB and BC calculus cover similar subjects but BC covers more and focuses on different topics. It's like saying the AP American kids cheated on their final so the AP Euro final has to be voided too.
I'm too angry to continue this right now. I don't think I'm going to let this go.
I had the first part of my BC Calculus final yesterday. It wasn't anything difficult and I was excited to see how I would do so that I could concentrate on my problem areas for next week's AP since I REALLY need to get a 5. Today, it turns out that a student in AB Calculus (a COMPLETELY different class with different teachers, a different syllabus, and a different "track") cheated on their final which was also on the same day.
What does the department do? Well, they take measures against this student and void the AB final. They also void the BC Calculus final.
I cannot explain how angry I am about this. Their reasoning baffles me--they think that this test MAY BE on the internet (even though they can find no trace of this specific one) so they have to void it. AB and BC calculus cover similar subjects but BC covers more and focuses on different topics. It's like saying the AP American kids cheated on their final so the AP Euro final has to be voided too.
I'm too angry to continue this right now. I don't think I'm going to let this go.