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[MisterButtkins]

[TexasHighway]

chinatimes wrote:

[Miajiayou]

I did have some problems with discipline when I was new to teaching. Now, I have been around long enough that it is no biggie. It still seems absurd to me that I have to beat basic rules into their heads at the beginning of each semester to make sure these 20-somethings will know not to, you know, talk while I'm talking. But it seems to be.

As for grades, the weight of the final exam depends on the subject. For speaking, I consider attendance and participation to be more important than for other subjects. I failed two guys last year who only attended one and a half classes. Nobody could have convinced me that they were members of that class. I didn't let them take the final exam. They have to retake my class this year, sitting in with a class of sophomores.

[teachingld2004]

Here is my system, and it does not change.
Everyone starts off with a "C".
If you come to class most of the time, and you try,you get a "B".
If you sleep, or play with your phone, (some of the time) the "C" stays.
If you are rude (playing with the phone all the time, failing tests) you get a "D".
If you never come of course you fail.
You get an "A" if you should get an "A" (we can debate this one)

I write this on the board, and then I write this on a piece of paper, and everyone signs it. If anyone questions the grade, too bad. They signed this paper.

[chinatimes]

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