November 21, 2005

• So, for that stupid class i keep complaining about, we have to do group evaluations.  And you know how normally, when you’re told to do this, you grade each member of the group and you give positive and negative comments and that’s it.  It’s very constructive.  Well, in this brilliant class, this is what we have to do:

  
  

  The evaluation is broken up into 3 sections: 1 for general group discussion and 2 for participation in the two group projects that we had to do.

  
  

  So for each section, we get 100 points total, that WE have to DECIDE how to SPLIT UP amongst 7 of us.  That’s right…we have to split up 100 points between all of us, and WE have to decide as a group who gets the most points and so forth.  And at first we were like, ok we’ll split it evenly….BUT the work really wasn’t split up equally.  LIke there were several members of our group who have NEVER spoken or contributed to discussions.  I think today was the first time they spoke (and it was because they felt like it was unfair for their discussion grade to be lower than everyone elses).  BUt…if we split up the 100 points equally, then everyone basically gets a mediocre/just passing grade…which is unfair to the few of us who basically carried the group the entire semester.

  
  

  Yeah, so there was quite some warfare going on.  And the whole time, i’m thinking this is the MOST retarded group evaluation i’ve ever done…because somewhere, someone gets jipped…AND we have to fight over the points like a pack of wild animals.  It’s sooo stupid…and we can’t even give everyone good feedback because it would add up to more than the 100 points.  It’s totally not constructive and it actually HARMS group dynamic (we have the same group for the entire year…including next semester). 

  
  

  It totally doesn’t make sense.  For all our other classes, we write a separate evaluation for each group member…that way, you can actually give everyone 10′s if you feel that it’s justified.  There’s no bickering or anything. UGH.  Words can not express how much i hate that class.

  
  

  And, i will find out after i return from my mini-break whether or not i pass the class.  Actually, they said they MAY post it this week, but office hours (the times when we’re allowed to argue for our points back) aren’t until next week, so there’s no point in me finding out before my mini-break since there’s nothing i can do about.  AAAAAAARGH…..i’m so nervous…i haven’t really been able to focus on anything else because i’ve been so worried.

  
  

  *edit*  i think i have lost a good amount of weight this semester…not on purpose…just because.  My parents are going to freak out….usually, they tell me i got soooo skinny, but i don’t see it…but now, even I see it. eeeeek.  It’s all those freakin school meetings…i’m in school like 10-12 hours with nothing to eat but like a yougurt in the morning because my school has these ridiculously HS-like rules about only eating ine the cafeteria (which is across the street).  And there is no way i have enough time to go to another building, eat, then come back.  And it’s not just me…when i have these long days, so does everyone else.  It really sucks. 

  
  

  OH….and i found out that the prof that’s in charge of the class i hate has come close to being fired almost every year because so many students complain.  BUT…he’s like buddies with the dean….and his pharmacy gives my school a lot of money…therefore, he is still here…ruining people’s lives.  It kind of says a lot when you’ve been the head of a class for 3 years and you’re almost fired every one of those three years because the students hate you so much. 

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