Fall Semester, Fool Ds!

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The Third Eye

Directly to the issue! AUIS professors, except few of them, harshly disappointed many of their students at the end of the fall semester. It seemed that they wanted to show their students and AUIS administration their classes were so challenging that didn’t even let the smartest students get not only As but also Bs and Cs.

The Third Eye both talked to many students and followed many of their Facebook accounts right after the grades were announced through Top School. Guess what? It was rare to see a student who positively posted about his or her final grades. Whose fault was that, professors or students themselves?

Some students blamed their professors for given Ds and Cs and even Fs randomly based on their moods when they were grading the final exams as the letters surprised many of them on Top School.

 “So I got [two] A(s) in two midterm exams and did well in the final!! Surprise, surprise, [I got ] D eventually!! When will AUI-S be a man!! I can't believe how AUIS teachers give grades according to personal matters!!!!” a student posted on his Facebook account.

Some others listed many As for their most challenging classes, but Ds for the easiest ones.

“Me 5As and a [****] D+....” another student posted.

It appeared that not a single student left without appealing to his or her several classes for getting way far grades than he or she would ever expect. Why? Shouldn’t those professors take their students’ appeals into their serious considerations? If a student had A in his or her classes until the final exam, shouldn’t at least he or she get a C or a B? It is understandable that the final exams were worth more points than any other midterm exams. However, it sounded very unusual when almost the entire class went down from As and Bs to Ds and Fs. What a magical tale!

It is worth mentioning that some of the student’s Facebook accounts indicated that some people in the AUIS administration had already put their efforts and took the student’s sides to help them solve their issues.

“The wheels are in motion from many students and I believe this has already made it to the highest levels of the administration. Write to him anyhow, just so that you are formally on record as requesting an appeal. Please cc: Dr. Reagan as well.” A professor sent to one of the students.

Yes, the students’ voices and concerns should be heard by the AUIS administration and those professors who have given such random grades need to be investigated by the chairs of each department. If professors meant to have their challenging classes, they should have been serious and challenging from the beginning to the end of the semester.

Many students blamed their professors for giving easy exams and quizzes during the semester but made it far way challenging at the end.

“Some of our professors give us take-home exams and some of them provided us with elementary level exams during the semester,” a student stated. “But, they made it very challenging in away that ask us many challenging and unanswerable questions for the finals that they had never ever explained during the regular classes.”

Some students claimed that Test bank has been the master guide for many professors at AUIS.

“Some of the professors don’t bother themselves forming the questions based on the materials they teach during regular classes, but open up test bank and copy and paste questions right there that are well prepared with their answers.” Another student sadly stated.

As the voice of many students at AUIS, the Third Eye would like to kindly ask those professors who gave random grades to their students to review and re-calculate their students’ grades and do not let those hardworking students down. Along with that, the Third Eye also would appreciate the chairs of each department to support those students whose appeals prove to be taken into considerations. We also would like the chairs of departments and even AUIS administration to have a sit with those professors who give their students bad grades to show that their classes are challenging, those professors who are so effortless that refuse to spend some of their times to form questions but take exams directly from test bank, and those whose finals cannot even be compared to their midterm exams and quizzes.

If those professors refuse to review and re-calculate the student's grades during this week, appealing period, their names will be mentioned and their performance of they way they teach will publicly be evaluated! And, the Third Eye will never afraid of doing this as it will talk with obvious evidences.