Timeline for How to deal with a professor who grades assignments and exams incorrectly
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| Mar 31, 2021 at 14:41 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | I wonder how this turned out? Would love a quick update-edit to the question. | |
| Mar 2, 2016 at 12:16 | answer | added | JenB | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 18:03 | comment | added | corsiKa | Could you clarify your reasoning on these actions? You're afraid that going to the department chair would make you look bad, but that badmouthing this professor by gossiping to her coworkers won't. I don't understand this logic. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 17:51 | comment | added | NovaLogic | I have been in this very same situation. I confronted the lecturer, complaining my answers were correct, yet my grade did not reflect that - she quickly became angry, threatened that I would not be allowed to pass the exam if I continue to behave this way(pointing out her errors). But I was confident in my work, so I was planning to use the "nuclear option" the next day. However, she had corrected my grade by then. Your teacher is clearly not doing her job well - you have every right to nuke her. If she's going to be angry at criticism, she should not be in academia at all. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 3:22 | comment | added | Jan Vincent | This is not uncommon in the biological sciences, especially in small departments. | |
| Mar 1, 2016 at 1:22 | comment | added | Kimball | How is it possible that you taught some of this material at the graduate level before and are now taking a graduate course on it? | |
| Feb 29, 2016 at 20:50 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | This is not nearly the "nuclear option". Going to the department chair is about three levels below that. | |
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| S Feb 29, 2016 at 16:38 | comment | added | eykanal | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Feb 29, 2016 at 12:45 | answer | added | Ian | timeline score: -2 | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 16:54 | answer | added | Dilworth | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 16:01 | vote | accept | Jan Vincent | ||
| Feb 28, 2016 at 13:50 | history | edited | David Ketcheson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 28, 2016 at 9:30 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Feb 28, 2016 at 9:18 | comment | added | Saikat | Which subject is this OP? Some branch of Maths or something else? | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 9:10 | answer | added | Charles Kuan | timeline score: -3 | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 9:08 | comment | added | tomasz | @emory: Just because someone is an expert in their field doesn't mean that he is an expert at whatever he is teaching. I, for one, was once asked to do problem sessions in a topic I had no clue about, and learned as I went. I didn't pretend to know more than I actually did, though. | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 9:04 | comment | added | emory | @DanielR.Collins All of those are good reasons to go to graduate school, but I question whether they are happening for the OP. When I was a graduate student, I always thought my professors were experts in their field. It would have been a big problem for me if I thought they were not. | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 5:22 | comment | added | Daniel R. Collins | @emory: (1) Getting guidance on what literature to read, (2) interacting with experts when you have questions, (3) achieving certifications needed for many jobs (academic and otherwise), (4) getting started with a research/publishing career, (5) developing a network of colleagues to help with that research, etc.? | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 4:37 | comment | added | jamesqf | @emory: Because for one thing, it's pretty darned hard to get a job in academia or research without a PhD union card. | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 4:02 | answer | added | Daniel R. Collins | timeline score: 34 | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 2:46 | answer | added | Enasi | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 2:34 | answer | added | D.Salo | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 2:26 | comment | added | Bob Brown | @emory: Often people want a credential that shows they know the material. | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 2:12 | comment | added | emory | "I currently have a (graduate) professor who clearly does not understand the material she teaches at the level required by the course. This normally would not be a problem - I'm fine with educating myself via textbook " then why are you wasting time and money in graduate school? | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 1:51 | answer | added | abathur | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 28, 2016 at 0:55 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/703745357969289216 | ||
| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:17 | answer | added | PLL | timeline score: 113 | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 22:06 | answer | added | Bitwise | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 21:25 | history | edited | Jan Vincent | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 27, 2016 at 21:25 | comment | added | Bob Brown | So, if I now understand the problem, you know what incorrect ideas are being presented, but not which ones will be reflected in the grading. I think I should wait for someone with more experience in academia than I to answer this question, but at the moment, I'm in favor of the nuclear option, with an incorrectly graded paper in your hand. | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 21:22 | comment | added | Jan Vincent | @BobBrown the textbook is correct, but every lecture is riddled with errors. | |
| Feb 27, 2016 at 21:21 | comment | added | Bob Brown | Are the "incorrect ideas" not delivered in lectures or reading assigned in addition to the text? | |
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| Feb 27, 2016 at 21:18 | history | asked | Jan Vincent | CC BY-SA 3.0 |