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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did he ask the professor to round it up or did he ask the professor if there was any extra work he could do to improve his grade? The first is asking for a freebie and the second at least shows a willingness to do extra, Although asking to do extra work means the professor has to do more grading so that’s also annoying. There is an art and diplomacy to trying to do something like this, so if all your son did was just go up to the professor and ask for the grade to be rounded up, that’s a bad approach. And if he’s not getting an in the class, the professor wasn’t going to write him a letter for recommendation anyway, in all likelihood.

University professor here.  I agree with this post.  "Rounding up" is asking for a freebie.  To be fair to all students, I would have to "round up" all scores like that, even for then students who are too shy to ask.  Asking for extra work is a better, but not great, approach.  (But also, who the hell grades to the second decimal point?  This sounds like an overly punctilious professor.  Ick. Sometimes I hate my colleagues.)
He already asked and was turned down.  I would advise him, as you did, to let it go.  But if he doesn't, and no matter the response, there will be a lesson there somewhere and it's his to learn.[/quote]

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