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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Say what? My parents looked at my grades.

They made a deal with me...I paid for any grade that was below a B.  They really made me pay for that damn differential equations class.  Ugh. [/quote]
Sorry, your parents were total jerks. [/quote]  Not at all.  I agree with her parent's approach.  We have too many kids on the 5 year plan because they haven't learned responsible actions.  Any parent who is footing the bill has every right to see the results of what they are paying for and to expect their son or daughter to act accordingly. [b] I see nothing wrong with expecting the student to pay if they didn't do the work.[/b][i][u]  Life doesn't give free rides and parents shouldn't either.
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But the deal wasn't "we won't pay if you don't do the work" - the deal was they wouldn't pay if you got lower than a B.
Perhaps in easy majors or at schools with huge grade inflation it's fair to say that a C means you didn't do the work, but there are students in challenging classes all around the country working their butts off for a C.
As a PP said, that rule just seems like a way to ensure that the kid never takes a challenging class and never expands her horizons beyond what she already knows she's good at.[/quote]

Agree. And these kinds of deals and expectations are the reasons I have students harassing me at the end of the semester for a higher grade. It is unseemly, embarassing, annoying,  and unnecessary. For the most part, they did fine work or the best work they could in the class.

All they end up caring about is the stupid grade, not the content. [/quote]

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