jadeeegarr Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 So my job is having an all store meeting where everyone in the store comes in beore we open and review the last year and set goals for the next year, and celebrate the employees. It's awesome! This year we're doing costumes and the theme is Superheros, upon asking they said I could dress up as anything that "is a superhero to you" so I'm going to be Optimus Prime and I'm building my costume so that it actually transforms, pics will be put on here soon. :) It's going really well! I did this before as Bumblebee so I'm really excited to see how Optimus turns out. Oh and the prize? A full sized arcade game with Mortal Combat and 79 other video games on it :) So I just wrappped up the semester and I went to view my grades Monday, and it said I had an F for one of my classes, I tried to look on Blackboard at the grades and I had been removed from the course so I couldn't see them. I emailed my prof asking how I managed to fail the class and then contacted IT and asked if I could have access to the class again, the gave me access and I found out she didn't grade a paper worth 17% of my grade, she gave a zero for it even though it was turned in on time, I screenshotted this along with the due date, and the date I turned my paper in. She replied on Tuesday saying she'd get back to me on Thursday (today) but that I should be able to look at my grades myself. I relayed to her that I was booted from the course but regained access and then I noticed that she didn't grade my paper, but that I was willing to wait until she could assess the situation herself. Today she emailed me informing me that Blackboard is down for maintenance and IT wouldn't give her access to the class and told her she had to wait until Monday. I emailed her back saying I understood and explaining that the nursing program I'm applying for needs transcripts by May 25, and that they already have them but if my grade were to be changed I'd either need a way to let them know I didn't in fact fail the class or send them updated transcripts reflecting my new grade. I also offered to show her my screen shots in the meantime. She basically said no, and then explained to me that if it was a grade that wasn't put in the gradebook since grades were already submitted she'd have to make a request to change it and an official change would take several weeks. I'm going to wait until monday and see what happens, but if she admits that she's at fault I am going to contact the department head and file a complaint and request that they contact my school. Side note: my school only accepts applications once a year, so if I don't get in I have to wait til next year, which is fine. But if I don't get in because I "failed" a class according to my transcripts, I'm going to lose my mind. tl;dr Building an Optimus Prime costume that actually transforms! :) Teacher forgot to enter a major grade, which resulted in my failing of the class. Nursing program application due May 25, offiicial transcripts won't be changed for a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 What? Even if the grade can't be "officially" changed, she should be able to write a letter stating what the new grade should be well before the deadline. And official changes shouldn't take that long. I hope you can get it sorted out in the next week or so. Going to the department head and asking for their assistance is a good step if she doesn't follow through on Monday. Whatever else she has going on (she could be scurrying for a grant proposal), if she messed up your grade that badly, she owes it to you to correct it in good time, or at the very least write a letter to your program that the grade is wrong (even if she doesn't know what the correct one is yet). For goodness' sake, an "I" would look better than an "F," especially if the teacher said that the "I" was due to a grading mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeeegarr Posted May 16, 2013 Author Share Posted May 16, 2013 What? Even if the grade can't be "officially" changed, she should be able to write a letter stating what the new grade should be well before the deadline. And official changes shouldn't take that long. I hope you can get it sorted out in the next week or so. Going to the department head and asking for their assistance is a good step if she doesn't follow through on Monday. Whatever else she has going on (she could be scurrying for a grant proposal), if she messed up your grade that badly, she owes it to you to correct it in good time, or at the very least write a letter to your program that the grade is wrong (even if she doesn't know what the correct one is yet). For goodness' sake, an "I" would look better than an "F," especially if the teacher said that the "I" was due to a grading mistake. Believe me, my thoughts exactly. It's even worse because I made it dummy proof, the first written assignment she wanted turned in in RTF format, I did that and she emailed me saying she couldn't open the file, so I sent it again as RTF and Word format both on Blackboard and through a commercial email address of mine. Then she was able to access the file. This time, since it was so close to the date grades were to be submitted I didn't want to have this issue, I sent it as RTF and then in the comments section I copied my entire paper, references, cover page, everything. All she had to do was read it and type a few numbers lol. I might also request that they change the grade to "I" or something until the correct grade can be entered so I don't lose a potential spot in the program. Update: My application for the nursing school, including my transcripts is due tomorrow May, 25 (since I'm writing this at 1 am technically this professor has two days to give me a note). However, I have not heard from her since Tuesday, May 21. I have sent her daily emails reminding her of the date I need to turn this note in asking her to send it to me and have heard nothing, before that she only sent me one email a day, two if I was lucky. I feel as though I've been more than patient. For anyone interested I've attached a copy of our emails below. I have no idea what to do now, no I have not called her supervisor yet I felt she was trying to remedy the problem and wasn't too bothered as long as she made sure to help me. I'm probably going to call her supervisor tomorrow. Also side note: the semester ended on the 9 and I gave her a few days for grades to be submitted, I checked my grade Monday and emailed her right after I saw them. Read from bottom to top. Jade, I can send as an attachment. Would that work? Janice Gallagher Professor of Psychology-Region 11 ________________________________________ From: Jade Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:20 PM To: Janice Marie Gallagher Subject: Re: Final Grade Inquiry Okay, thank you. I do need a written letter, do you have a scanner so you can scan it to me? I spoke with someone in admissions for the school I'm applying to and she told me a scanned letter sent by email will work faster than mailing the letter. Thank you so much. Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Janice Marie Gallagher wrote: > Jade, > > I just looked and your final grade is 77 percent or a C. Your written assignment is there. There were several missing DB discussions (12,13,14) that you earned zeros. I will uddate your grade, but it will take a couple of weeks to see the new grade for which I am sorry. Honestly, I do not know what happened and why I did not receive your written assignment earlier and post it. > Again if you need a written note that reflects the new grade, please let me know. > > Any other questions, please let me know too. > > Janice Gallagher > Professor of Psychology-Region 11 > > ________________________________________ > From: Jade > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:52 PM > To: Janice Marie Gallagher > Subject: Re: Final Grade Inquiry > > Okay, I understand. Thank you for your honesty. Have a nice weekend, I look forward to hearing from you on Monday. > Thank you, Jade > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 16, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Janice Marie Gallagher wrote: > > Jade, > > Without seeing the grades, I do not know what your final grade is. Honestly, though, no officially change of grade would take place before May 25. If this is the case of a missing grade, an email could be sent indicating that change,but an official change takes a couple of weeks. > > > Janice Gallagher > Professor of Psychology-Region 11 > > ________________________________ > From: Jade > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:17 AM > To: Janice Marie Gallagher > Subject: Re: Final Grade Inquiry > > Okay, I understand. I was wondering if my grade does need to be changed how would we go about that and about how long would that process take? I have an application for a nursing school due May 25, if the grade is changed I need to send them the updated transcripts as soon as possible and if the process of changing it would take longer than May 25, I need to figure out a way to let them know that I didn't actually fail the class without a transcript. Also, I have pictures of the broken down grades from Blackboard on my computer if you would like them in the meantime. > Thank you, Jade > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janice Marie Gallagher > To: Jade > Sent: Thu, May 16, 2013 9:53 am > Subject: RE: Final Grade Inquiry > > > Jade, > > Blackboard is apparently under maintenance so I will not be about to look at > your grades until after Sunday. I thought maybe if I were in my at office, I > could have IT allow me to look at class but it is not possible. I will look at > it Monday morning. Stay tuned. > > Janice Gallagher > Professor of Psychology-Region 11 > > ________________________________________ > From: Jade > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:13 PM > To: Janice Marie Gallagher > Subject: Re: Final Grade Inquiry > > I was kicked out of the course on blackboard, I no longer have access to it. I > did call the help desk and they gave me temporary access to the course again and > during that time I noticed that I received a 0 on the second written assignment, > even though I had turned it in. I will wait until Thursday so you can assess the > situation yourself and get back to me with the conclusion. > Thank you, Jade > > On May 14, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Janice Marie Gallagher > wrote: > >> I will be in my office on Thursday and will review your grade; however, you > should be able to see all of the assignments in blackboard. >> Janice Gallagher >> Professor of Psychology-Region 11 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: my email address >> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 3:36 PM >> To: Janice Marie Gallagher >> Subject: Final Grade Inquiry >> >> Hello, this is Jade last semester, Spring 2013, I took your > developmental psychology class online and I recently checked my final grade and > saw that I received an F in the class and I was wondering how that happened? I > wasn't sure if there was something that I didn't do on my end or if maybe an > assignment wasn't received? I know unfortunately the last assignment was unable > to be opened and I was hoping this time it would go a little more smoothly. > Please get back to me as soon as possible. >> Thank you for your time, Jade THIS WHOLE SITUATION MAKES ME WANT TO SCREAM!!!! This post has been edited by a member of staff (Spritzie) because of a violation of the forum rules. Please don't double post. If you would like to add something, use the 'Edit' button. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siniri Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 At least she said she would write the letter -- did you confirm you wanted it as an attachment? I would e-mail her and say something along the lines of "I have not received the letter yet stating what my final grade in the course is. As a reminder, I need it TODAY. Can you please resend it, perhaps as a PDF in case the attachment was too big? If I do not receive a response by 1pm, I will try to get a letter from the chair of the XX department based on our correspondence because of the urgency of this matter. Thank you for your assistance." Good luck! Hopefully she'll just type the two lines and send the darn thing already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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