Today was okay. I've been really stressed in one of my classes due to my professors inconsistent and unprofessional work ethics and grading system. We had group presentations in the span of the past 2 weeks. My group was the second group to present on the first day (we only meet once week). The group prior to us only presented for 26 minutes. When we went up we tried our best to hit the minimum 45 minutes but it was so hard because we ran out of things to say. My group was able to milk our presentation for 38 minutes. The group after us also did 38 minutes. No group on the first night hit that 45 minute mark. We got our grades back and the group that went after us got an A+ whereas ours got a B-... Where we're all confused is how and why did we get docked off so much for not hitting the 45 minutes? The other group didn't get deducted at all and when we got our notes back, all my professor wrote was pretty much just her saying we didn't meet the 45 minutes. So she pretty much dropped us a whole grade letter just for that. We got complimented on the other aspects of our presentation. See, I understand why she would deduct points for not hitting a specific time mark, but why didn't she deduct anything to the other group who literally had the same time as our group? Inconsistent grading. Mind you we never got specific instructions or even a rubric for this assignment so everyone just pulled it out of their asses to complete it.
This is the same professor who literally wrote her midterm last minute and no one in the 2 classes she has got an A because we couldn't understand half of her questions on the exam. This is the professor who doesn't have any handouts or slides to present to the class during her lectures. This is the professor who doesn't hand out any rubrics or clear instructions for her assignments. We have a research paper due tomorrow and since we don't have a rubric or a set instruction for this assignment, every time someone asks her to clarify what we need to do, she gives another answer. Even she doesn't know what we have to do for our paper that SHE is assigning. One night it's to research a specific curriculum and discuss it, next it's creating your own curriculum in essay form, and her other class has the same paper assigned to them but they only have to do 3 pages and we have to do 4... I'm so sorry guys. Today was upsetting. I'm very upset at the grade and lack of proper and thorough feedback my group got for our presentation. When I asked her what else she deducted us on all she said was it was too short... but like a said... another group presented and got the same time as us and got an A+..........When I asked my professor in front of that group and said, why didn't they get deducted for their presentation but we had the same time..........she just......shrugged... her... shoulders.....
The day did turn around I guess. After class I took some time to breathe up at Three Oaks and got a text from Sherissa that she was at Starbucks studying. I caught up with her and finished another assignment and got a notification that my final for one of my classes got posted. I got an A on it so at least I have some sanity there knowing I have an A in that class for sure. I have 1 paper due tomorrow and one due next week for my social justice class that will serve as my final. Only have to come to class next Wednesday for my in class final in this class I'm completely upset towards. Also John used the Starbucks app to order me a hot cocoa but accidentally ordered me a skinny hot cocoa instead. I thought it was really sweet of him and appreciate the gesture.
Wish me luck fam.
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