Word: grades
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...students should receive e-mails from their professors or TFs with a personal grade breakdown for the year, as well as a class-wide grade distribution on finals in larger classes. This would allow students to understand grades they haven’t necessarily kept track of, such as homework and midterm scores, as well as grades they often never see, such as those for final exams and section participation. Seeing what areas of the course they needed the most improvement in would help students learn more from the class...
These kinds of feedback are important because the process of taking a class should be not only about learning the material, but also learning from your mistakes. The end result should not be a mysterious grade, but a body of feedback that teaches you but also prepares you for future, more difficult work. Since in many classes 80 or 90 percent of your grade is determined during reading period and finals, the lack of feedback on the last work of the semester is particularly egregious. Never knowing why you got the grade you did, what you did well, and what...
Furthermore, allowing students to see their grades helps them catch mistakes or unfair grading practices. TFs and professors are not necessarily held accountable for grades they administer at the end of the semester, and it should not require special determination and drive for a student to determine why he or she received a particular grade. Standardizing responsible practices across all departments would ensure that all students have a means of recourse for grades that they think might be unfair...
Students deserve more than just a letter grade for their work throughout the semester, especially if the way in which the grade was determined is unclear. If professors and TFs receive evaluations from an entire class of students, then they should be required to return the favor and give students feedback on what is often the most important work they did in the class...
...joining such existing "legionnaires" as Robert De Niro, Pedro Almodóvar, Quincy Jones and Michelle Yeoh. Each may be a fine exponent of his or her craft, but none exactly rises to the Napoleonic standard of heroism. Even Wednesday's upgrade of Steven Spielberg from knight to officer grade in the Legion for "the body of his works, and his engagement for great causes like the memory of the Shoah and the conflict in Darfur" wasn't entirely in line with the institution's original objective to "further all our republican laws and strengthen the revolution...