One Quarter Down 10/23/2011
 
Last Friday was the last day of the quarter - or rather, Thursday was, and Friday was the day we all sat down and frantically graded.

I'd been worrying. I'm teaching a lot of engineer-minded young men this year, and while they are undoubtedly brilliant, they're not too keen on that whole "turning stuff in" thing. Consequently, about a week ago I had a LOT of failing grades. So I did what I could. I griped at all of my classes. I printed off progress reports, highlighted every missing assignment, and - where it would make a difference - prioritized the work they ought to concentrate on first. Then I broke my cardinal rule of late work and told them I'd accept work right up until the deadline (Thursday at midnight).

I could go on for a while, recording for posterity all of the ridiculous ways that students took gross advantage of my generosity and tried to stretch the limits even further, but I'd rather let that fade into the past. Besides, it's not as if that won't happen again next time!

I'd actually like to take this moment to record how WELL my students did, against expectations! A full 40% of my students ended up with an A for first quarter, and only 20% failed. (Ten percent failed with what I'd call an F-, which I mark as anything lower than a 45%. The other 10% had between a 45% and a 59%.) And so I present: GRAPHS.

First up are seniors. You can see a pretty marked difference between 2A, which starts at about 9:15 AM, and 4A, which is the last class of the day. The earlier class is mostly populated with engineer-types and AP runaways; the later class is general population, with the wide range of abilities that comes with it.
Next we have juniors. The 1B and 4B classes have the engineer kids; 2B and 3B are quite large and are general population.
Finally we have my creative writing class - and that's, surprisingly, where I actually have some real disappointment. At this point in the class, everything has been check grades. Do it, turn it in, you've got an A. And I give them a TON of in-class work time. There's no reason in the world why every student shouldn't have an A in that class. And yet:
This does not bode well for November... Still, overall, I'm pretty pleased. Hopefully they will all keep up the good work!
 


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