A colleague just received the following email from a student:
"I do not understand why I did not receive an A for participation. My participation was average for the class."
(She notes that the participation was not, in fact, anywhere near average, but that this is, of course, not the most interesting point.)
Feel free to riff on the social institution of grading if you like. As I'm dealing with various complaints with nearly as much merit as this one, I may be away from the blog for some time.
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