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I got an 8/10 on a color analysis I did for my doc design class. And that would be fine, except for a couple of things:
I turned it in in OCTOBER and just now got the grade. And second, the prof informed me in her notes that she didn't feel that I had convinced her of some of my color theories, so I would think about better explaining those if I ever had a similar assignment.
Um. WHAT? We read the chapters on color, then wrote the analysis, THEN had the discussion, and I'm getting GRADED DOWN because I didn't completely comprehend the material we hadn't discussed?
Fuck. That.
If we'd discussed the material THEN had the assignment, and I'd written the same assignment, I could understand an 8/10. But to grade me down for not fully selling a stack of concepts I hadn't yet discussed in class? NOT. ON.
Look, I'm a good reader. I retain information, and I have no problem going back through the book to make sure I understand what I'm doing, but color theory can get into really abstract places, and that is difficult to wrap my head around until I've had someone show me real-world examples that aren't in the book. I need EXPLANATIONS.
And, yes, I'm aware seething on an 8/10 is kind of a blow-up, but this is coming after MONTHS of frustration with this woman. I turned in my final portfolio, worth 200 points, with 250 points unaccounted for. And NO CLUE as to what my grades might be. This included quizzes (two of the three FINALLY have grades posted today), my FIRST redesign project, and a different analysis. The prof mentioned having an ongoing battled with BlackBoard all term, and I can understand my grades not being POSTED in a timely fashion, but it feels like she hasn't been grading at all.
Gah. I wish I hadn't filled out the eval, but it was end of business Tuesday (the 14th), and I figured if she'd fucked around this long, she'd keep fucking around.
Call me a skeptical bitch, but I can't help but wonder if she held back grades so we'd be thinking of THOSE more than the eval and not leave snarky notes. She mentioned she LOVED getting comments, and honestly? I'm not sure I buy it. This is a woman who assigned all the analysis work due the day we were discussing the concepts we were analyzing. I find it hard to believe that someone else hasn't pointed out the fucking stupidity of that.
And I wish, oh I wish, I hadn't filled out my eval just yet.
So glad I managed to skip out of having another class with her next term. I may avoid her as much as possible on purpose because of this shit.
I turned it in in OCTOBER and just now got the grade. And second, the prof informed me in her notes that she didn't feel that I had convinced her of some of my color theories, so I would think about better explaining those if I ever had a similar assignment.
Um. WHAT? We read the chapters on color, then wrote the analysis, THEN had the discussion, and I'm getting GRADED DOWN because I didn't completely comprehend the material we hadn't discussed?
Fuck. That.
If we'd discussed the material THEN had the assignment, and I'd written the same assignment, I could understand an 8/10. But to grade me down for not fully selling a stack of concepts I hadn't yet discussed in class? NOT. ON.
Look, I'm a good reader. I retain information, and I have no problem going back through the book to make sure I understand what I'm doing, but color theory can get into really abstract places, and that is difficult to wrap my head around until I've had someone show me real-world examples that aren't in the book. I need EXPLANATIONS.
And, yes, I'm aware seething on an 8/10 is kind of a blow-up, but this is coming after MONTHS of frustration with this woman. I turned in my final portfolio, worth 200 points, with 250 points unaccounted for. And NO CLUE as to what my grades might be. This included quizzes (two of the three FINALLY have grades posted today), my FIRST redesign project, and a different analysis. The prof mentioned having an ongoing battled with BlackBoard all term, and I can understand my grades not being POSTED in a timely fashion, but it feels like she hasn't been grading at all.
Gah. I wish I hadn't filled out the eval, but it was end of business Tuesday (the 14th), and I figured if she'd fucked around this long, she'd keep fucking around.
Call me a skeptical bitch, but I can't help but wonder if she held back grades so we'd be thinking of THOSE more than the eval and not leave snarky notes. She mentioned she LOVED getting comments, and honestly? I'm not sure I buy it. This is a woman who assigned all the analysis work due the day we were discussing the concepts we were analyzing. I find it hard to believe that someone else hasn't pointed out the fucking stupidity of that.
And I wish, oh I wish, I hadn't filled out my eval just yet.
So glad I managed to skip out of having another class with her next term. I may avoid her as much as possible on purpose because of this shit.
