Faculty of International Business

Now that I'm nearing the end of the semester, I'm faced with the daunting task of giving my students grades. I only have two groups that I actually grade, and thank god. I've been giving them points, for attendance and homework and stuff, according to what the other teacher who teaches this same class laid out for me at the beginning of the semester. I think there is some sort of conversation that should take place during the "giving credit week" where I say "I grant you credit!" or "write me six essays and then I'll grant you credit!" or something. The whole thing seems to be very negotiable. I don't know whether I just give them credit, or whether the amount of points they have is relevant. I keep asking everyone I can--Ira, both of my Russian teachers, the department head, my students--HOW exactly it is supposed to work, but I'm just not getting any closer to an answer. Plus I have students coming to me who have attended one class all semester, saying "What do I need to do to pass the class? Can you give me some extra assignments?" In my world, if you don't come to class EVER you don't get credit, and it is also just a pain in the ass for me to come up with all sorts of extra work for these kids and then to actually look at it when they turn it in. But I'm not going to try to fight a system that I don't understand. I'm just going to enjoy complaining about it.