School Help

[Randolphkeys]

Well, you didn't cite any sources. I expect cited sources from 8th graders. Talk to the teacher about what he expects in citations.


Did he give you a rubric before the assignment?

 

[The Oi]

Jesus. Junior year of HS seems so long ago. I literally feel like I'm an entirely different person now, like the same body living in an alternate reality.

 

[Stark]

He never said anything about citations. Nobody cited anything as far as I know, and we all shared our papers and such (didn't copy of course), just to see what angles we each worked on it.

 

[cdt]

I'd take a dump on his car that's not a 20% paper. I've bs'd and paraphrased to better scores than that.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Use direct quotes and cite your sources,and he will have no choice but to give you a higher grade in the future.

You are welcome.

 

[Stark]

Well, you didn't cite any sources. I expect cited sources from 8th graders. Talk to the teacher about what he expects in citations.


Did he give you a rubric before the assignment?

He just gave us a half-sheet saying what to do. I'll see if I can find it, but I'm pretty sure I trashed it a while back.

 

[pr26]

Yeah I mean that paper is not dissertation level work, but it's better than the shit I BS'ed in high school. I was going to say what Key's said about citation, but at HS level you would think the educator would slam you in the head with "CITE YOUR SOURCES ASSHOLES" every time you guys wrote a paper.

RCF gives you an A dude. *pat on the back*

 

[Randolphkeys]

He just gave us a half-sheet saying what to do. I'll see if I can find it, but I'm pretty sure I trashed it a while back.

That would be mistake #1, IMO. If he asked for specific things, give those specific things to the teacher. Education is a game, kid. Play it.

 

[Chardon]

He never said anything about citations. Nobody cited anything as far as I know, and we all shared our papers and such (didn't copy of course), just to see what angles we each worked on it.

I swear, in college, professors care more about your citations.APA style is the best and easiest.

Also, in college, don't go boasting about how good of grades you got in HighSchool to girls. That is like saying "If you even touch my virginity!"

 

[The Voice]

I believe in an AP class your grade gets bumped from C to B and B to A.

 

[Stark]

I believe in an AP class your grade gets bumped from C to B and B to A.

That's what I thought upon taking the class, which is why I took it in the first place, but nope.

You get a 0.05 GPA boost.

 

[Ohio]

I'm a junior in college and man it seems like junior year in HS was much longer than 4 years ago

 

[Shakalu M.D.]

The paper isn't great and it's pretty repetitive at parts, it's not very well written. You also left out some important aspects leading up to the war and spent most of it harping on the taxation. Perhaps your teacher wanted you to flesh it out more and look for some of the less obvious topics? Sorry if that's harsh. However for high school level work I can't see how that's a 20%. I'd definitely just go talk to the guy to see why he graded you so harshly and if there's anything you can do for extra credit. In college that'd likely land you a C. In high school I'd think of that as B level work.

 

[Chris]

The paper isn't great and it's pretty repetitive at parts, it's not very well written. You also left out some important aspects leading up to the war and spent most of it harping on the taxation. Perhaps your teacher wanted you to flesh it out more and look for some of the less obvious topics? Sorry if that's harsh. However for high school level work I can't see how that's a 20%. I'd definitely just go talk to the guy to see why he graded you so harshly and if there's anything you can do for extra credit. In college that'd likely land you a C. In high school I'd think of that as B level work.

It's a mediocre paper but it's not 20% even by college standards. Sounds ridiculous.

 

[Randolphkeys]

It's a mediocre paper but it's not 20% even by college standards. Sounds ridiculous.

If he was given a half-sheet of paper that gives the rubric for grading.... then threw it away without remembering what the paper said... sorry, but nobody here has the expertise to grade it. If the educator was explicit in his expectations, opinions without knowing the rubric are useless.

Certainly not cmstrophe, unless he recently picked up a certification in education from the state of Ohio.