Term 3 Results Pt. 2

Here are the totals (things have changed slightly since yesterday).

Out of 47 students, there are:

27 F's
8 D's
3 C's
8 B's
1 A


27 F's seems like a lot, but you have to understand that half of those are students who were either late every day to first period, or hardly showed up at all.

The high percentage stands at 94.8 (period 1, and, obviously, the only A). The new low, from period 3, is 1.79 percent. Although, again, that's a kid who was barely in class.

It's late, and I don't feel like calculating the median percentage. Plus, will all of the absences, and the fact that I bumped a lot of students up past what their percentages indicated, the median percentage doesn't mean much. It would probably be around 50%.

And yes, I think it's ethical to share my students' grades. It's anonymous, and it might lead to discussion that will inform my teaching. And it's not like I'm bad-mouthing them, except for Nathan, because that kid SUCKS.

Term 3 Results

Grades are due tomorrow. I've finished first period, and out of 26 students there are:

15 F's
6 D's
1 C
3 B's
1 A


The highest percentage is 94.8. The lowest is 3.21. The median is 47.83.

A lot of students tell me my class is easy, which bothers me, but right now over half of them are failing, so I guess it's not too easy, which is good.

I'll have the final tally tomorrow when I finish period 3. Will anyone from third period win out for the high percentage? Is it actually possible to score lower than 3.21 percent? Will period three earn a higher class median? How many of my 46 students will pass?

Is it ethical for me to share my students' grades?

Check back tomorrow for the answers.

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I've been so busy recently that I haven't thought at all about death. Tonight, I woke up from a nap to watch American Idol and a fear of the nothingness that might come with death seized me. Maybe it was the dream I was having. I was swimming along the bottom of the Amazon, probably about ten feet down, with the sunlight coming down through the brown water like through a beer bottle. There were sharks and snakes and alligators and a bear (?) swimming above me, and I had to keep them from noticing me. I woke up and my mind was black and for a terrifying second I felt that I didn't exist. Then my room came into shape and I was okay. Death scares the shit out of me.