if a student of yours puts in effort and has a 100 average but sadly by the final they are tired and almost ..

Question

fail what term mark would you give ?

Answer 1

I would drop the lowest grade, if that was the final so be it, the knowledge was proven over the length of the course. This is obviously someone whom has worked hard and just had a bad day.

Answer 2

It doesn't matter so much how you start, but how you continue and how you finish. If a runner in a marathon starts and leads the pack for the first half of the race, but gets tired and ends in last place, should he receive the medal because of his intial effort? I think not. What about the person that found a way to overcome being tired and pushed on to victory? Should they be overlooked? Again, I think not. The race doesn't always go to those that are swift from the gate, but those that can maintain til the end. In a marathon, everyone that finishes, although, they were tired is a winner. The people that make excuses not to finish are the only losers. I would allow the student to receive the grade she/he earned. Teachers don't give grades, students earn them. Think about that. Champions go the distance. Losers make excuses not to.

Answer 3

I believe you would have to take what is called an average . You have to take all of the ACTUAL scores and average them...

It is not the responsibility of the teacher to keep the student from being tired. That is the students duty....

In other words I would have to honestly represent the scores turned in to me......Just the facts...

Oh and when you finally get to the real world...They don't care if you were too tired to study biology in Med school...They just sue your st**id a**...