First Day
So I am back to school from my two week vacation and well… my first day was rather OK. It was a fresh day, compared to the hot, sunny days we had two weeks ago. It even rained a little, which is good. I like rain. There was something that bothered me though - I got a bad grade on a midterm exam, which lowers my average drastically.
All the effort I put into studying for my Literature exam was in vain because I was misjudged, accused of plagiarism/copying and received a failing grade. Eh, 10/100 to be exact. Wonderful, don’t you think? Well, I don’t mean to just rant and bitch about this for paragraphs and paragraphs. I am getting over it quickly for some reason. It’s not like I don’t care about my grade, but meh, even though they gave me that horrid grade, it just was a stupid misjudgment from part of the teacher and the school admin and well, I am conscious that I really don’t deserve that grade. *Kicks school*
Other than that, the day went by smoothly. I was glad to see my friends again, and I got a few souvenir gifts from two of my friends - a green pen with a bird stuck to it from Mexico and a bird keyring from Macas. The worst thing of all is that I hate birds. :’D I do appreciate the gifts though.
Thank you~!
18/08/2008 at 6:12 pm Permalink
The marking on your Literature exam hardly sounds fair - if they don’t have any evidence of plagiarism, how can they possibly penalise you? Is there some appeals process you can go through?
18/08/2008 at 11:16 pm Permalink
@Amanda: Grades are already entered in the system and cannot be changed unless the administration unlocks them. I’m not the only one with this problem though. Fifteen other people were accused of plagiarizing for having five or six similar words or one similar phrase in a whole paragraph. The question was simply a definition of a significant word from a book.
We have talked to the teacher and admin and we are hoping for something to be done.