FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for May 08, 2013

wouldn’t the difference be a C mid point grade?

Well, there’s lazy, and then there’s THAT. Peter’s dreaming if he thinks that that shoddy level of effort would put him in even the same universe as a B!

Actually stupid – his plan would be interpolating the others. If he had done 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – then the rest would be extrapolated.

thanks, wcorvi, you beat me to it. I expected more from Mr. Amend the mathematician. guess everyone has an off day occasionally.

Did this teacher use the “S” word? That could get him fired in the real world for damaging the student’s self-esteem.

Not anymore.

I tried something very close to this in my calculas class once. Didn’t work for me either… =(

How about we leave off the top curve of that “B” and remove the entire bottom part of the curve?

Let’s put aside, for the moment, that different questions assess different things. Homework is usually at least as much about practice as it is assessment. Besides, in a lot of textbooks, 1-20 is already just a small sample of the questions. Seems silly to take a sample of a sample.

Split the difference between 0 and 100. That’ll show him.

welcome to the world of public accounting.

Man, that teacher always looks grumpy..

Not going to happen, Peter, NOT going to happen.

He might have done better if he’d answered questions 1,1,2,3,5,8,13 & 21. It’s Fibonacci day,folks!!