Wednesday, December 16, 2009

And the final grade is...

I don't know. Why? Well, here's what happened with my final exam for Spanish...

We take an online multiple-choice exam for our Spanish class. The exams usually have about 60 questions, but the final had 109 questions. I got a 79.5% on it. Yes, I missed a "B" by a HALF of a point. I was still happy (honestly!) with my grade! :)

Then, we had an oral exam to give in which we answer any questions that she asks and then we have a conversation based on ONE scene that is drawn from a hat (our scenes included a doctor/patient visit, OR a friend asking about a recent movie, OR a friend asking about a party). I ended up getting an 88% on that, which is sufficient for me.

So...I move on and calculate my entire FINAL GRADE for the class and what do I have? And 89.96%. Yes, a "B." If I would have gotten that extra HALF credit on my multiple-choice portion of the final, I would have a 90%, which equals an "A". However, I don't. Technically, I have a "B" and I have NO idea if this instructor will round up this final grade or if she'll just score it as is and figure that I should have worked just ThatMuchHarder to get an "A".

Woe is me.

On the other hand...today is my birthday and I am HAPPY!!! :o)

14 comments:

Anita said...

Well a Happy Birthday to you! Hope it's a good day! And good luck with the Spanish instructor...

Jeff & Aleigh said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN!!!!!!!!! I hope you have an AWESOME day!!!!

Heather S said...

Happy, Happy birthday to you!!!

Carolyn said...

Happy Birthday!!!

Amy said...

Happy Birthday, Jen!

Heather said...

Have a wonderful birthday Jen!!

Hilary said...

Happy, happy, HAPPIEST birthday to you!

Jeanette said...

happy birthday!

candy said...

happy birthday to youuuuuuu!

Jaysey said...

I hope she rounds up--I always do--especially when it's that close!

Anonymous said...

Happy, Happy Birthday Jen!!!! :-)
Stacie

Kate said...

Happy Birthday Jen. Hope you have a restful and happy day.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday, Jen. I hope you had a good day. I'm pulling for a A for you in Spanish...but your B is great, too. We just had a wonderful Sp. Meeting in Kimball. Linda

Mel B Marvis said...

Happy birthday one day late! If grades are done in whole numbers, by the rules of rounding you have an A. Even if she goes to one decimal point, the rules still say you have an A. And likely your great attitude in class will push you over that hump to give you an A.