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re: Successful Grade Appeals at LSU
Posted on 5/9/15 at 4:54 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 5/9/15 at 4:54 pm to TigersSEC2010
He probably wont change their grade either.
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Posted on 5/9/15 at 4:55 pm to TigersSEC2010
The syllabus is the official document. He has to post an updated version and make an in-class announcement to change something that drastic, I would think.
Get proof of your current grade before you go up the ladder.
Get proof of your current grade before you go up the ladder.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 5:00 pm to TigersSEC2010
I'm pretty sure they're supposed to post an updated syllabus when they change something like this.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 5:01 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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I'm pretty sure they're supposed to post an updated syllabus when they change something like this
every time something like this has happened to me, they posted an updated syllabus
Posted on 5/9/15 at 5:04 pm to Tiguar
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The syllabus is the official document. He has to post an updated version and make an in-class announcement to change something that drastic, I would think.
you think correctly.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 5:30 pm to Deactived
I had many classes at LSU, and in four years, I never received an updated syllabus. Does anyone here actually go to school?
The guy got an email, he didn't read it, and his grade suffered. He has great grounds for appeal, but it has nothing to do with the syllabus.
The guy got an email, he didn't read it, and his grade suffered. He has great grounds for appeal, but it has nothing to do with the syllabus.
Posted on 5/9/15 at 5:35 pm to TigersSEC2010
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It basically changed the required length of certain arguments. My arguments were all the length required by the posted syllabus and supporting documents. I have never been taught that an email takes precedent over the syllabus, because email is not a guaranteed method of communication.
Were you the only one in the class that didn't get the memo? Or are there others in your same situation?
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:22 pm to TigersSEC2010
Any update?
Posted on 5/11/15 at 6:57 pm to TigersSEC2010
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Definitely. That's bullshite. I have the emails to document it too, which is kind of ironic since this case is built on a missed email.
No, the irony is that you managed to get the emails that help your case out.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:12 pm to TigersSEC2010
I gave the professor, who accused me of plagiarism, one chance to consider that he was off his rocker before going to the department head. I made it pretty damn clear I was leaving his office to go talk to the chair 
He changed it later that evening after telling me he would reconsider my paper.
ETA: moral is, be adamant and determined about your decision. Don't threaten them with it or beat around the bush with them then decide not to. They're trying to stall you it sounds like. Give them one chance then say "see ya later".
Of course, this advice only works if you know you have a case or are in the right
He changed it later that evening after telling me he would reconsider my paper.
ETA: moral is, be adamant and determined about your decision. Don't threaten them with it or beat around the bush with them then decide not to. They're trying to stall you it sounds like. Give them one chance then say "see ya later".
Of course, this advice only works if you know you have a case or are in the right
This post was edited on 5/11/15 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:26 pm to TigersSEC2010
If you sent your professor an email about something important to you regarding the class, would you expect him to read it? Then why don't you read your professor's emails?
It always baffles me how this generation has such expertise on technology and can't spend two seconds away from it, yet when that technology requires some kind of responsibility or action on their part, they suddenly don't know how to use it or did not receive the message.
If your boss sends you an email that you don't read, and you mess up an important project you are working on because of it, you likely get fired. Treat this as a learning experience that fortunately happened when the stakes were not that high.
It always baffles me how this generation has such expertise on technology and can't spend two seconds away from it, yet when that technology requires some kind of responsibility or action on their part, they suddenly don't know how to use it or did not receive the message.
If your boss sends you an email that you don't read, and you mess up an important project you are working on because of it, you likely get fired. Treat this as a learning experience that fortunately happened when the stakes were not that high.
This post was edited on 5/11/15 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:26 pm to TigersSEC2010
Hello Jared
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:28 pm to unbeWEAVEable
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adiment
OP,
Don't do this. Because that is not a word. Not getting a grade overturned using that.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:29 pm to jimbeam
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Hello Jared
was thinking about posting this same exact thing
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:48 pm to Monticello
My thoughts exactly, Monticello.
So "e-mail is not a good form of communication" my arse." Some of my least favorite college professors are ones who would only make announcements in class. Based on what I know about other students, they hate that too and greatly prefer professors who communicate via e-mail and moodle.
Save the appeal process for people who actually need it. If the e-mail had a line in it that reduced the requirements of a project and made it easier I guarantee it wouldn't have gone unnoticed by OP.
So "e-mail is not a good form of communication" my arse." Some of my least favorite college professors are ones who would only make announcements in class. Based on what I know about other students, they hate that too and greatly prefer professors who communicate via e-mail and moodle.
Save the appeal process for people who actually need it. If the e-mail had a line in it that reduced the requirements of a project and made it easier I guarantee it wouldn't have gone unnoticed by OP.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:56 pm to DrSteveBrule
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Save the appeal process for people who actually need it. If the e-mail had a line in it that reduced the requirements of a project and made it easier I guarantee it wouldn't have gone unnoticed by OP.
Yep.
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:58 pm to Scruffy
Was that someone you
Posted on 5/11/15 at 7:59 pm to LSUinMA
sorry I was typing fast
Posted on 5/11/15 at 8:35 pm to FalseProphet
I never took the syllabus to be like some contractual obligation to the class structure. Things often changed. I do however think its quite shitty to change uo something so major in a comment in an email. It's definitely something that should have been communicated thoroughly in class.
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