who cares enough to want to know how I did on that Comps test last week?
Posted by
call me Ishmael (aka pacrat)
Jun 17 '15, 10:39
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there were 2 ?'s on the test. you have to score 2.75 (out of a possible 4 pts.) or better (I think that it's an average of the 2 ?'s and as long as you average 2.75 or better you pass, instead of necessarily having to score 2.75 or better on each ? . . . a little parsing there, i know, but still . . .)
anyway, I just talked to the department head about a half hour ago. I scored a 2.8 on 1 of the ?'s and 2.5 on the other. I was *this* close to passing.
effin' fuck . . .
anyway,she's going to 'talk with some of the other professors in the department' and then get back to me in a couple of days . . . i'm not sure how to interpret that. i know that she's going to consult with them and get their opinion on what we're going to do from here. I have a terrible feeling that I'll have to take the test again in about a month. I think there's a chance (though extremely slim) that they'll have me do some little project thing or something to turn in by august, but I won't speculate here on the likelihood of that happening.
and I won't speculate on the odds of them gracing me on through, based on my improvement over the previous comps test (the 1st time i took it a few months ago, i didn't even come close to passing, so at least I showed definite improvement, and maybe that will play to my favor now) or anything like that.
I do fully expect to ask them for some sort of alternative option, at the very least some sort of option to the test. i've joked in the past about "my dyslexia", but I do think that it's a factor. There've been a number of times in the past where it's affected my learning, and on this comps test I almost completely went off the deep end by initially totally misreading one of the questions. sometimes, my mind just mixes up the words. anyway ... i know i've joked about it, but i think that i might ought to ask for some kind of alternative at this point, because, over the years, I haven't tested well to begin with, relying on research papers, etc. to help boost up my grades, and I think that i should have an option at this point. i should have asked for something sooner and addressed it (stubborn ass that I am) . . . but oh well. i'm ranting at this point.
let's return you to your previously scheduled insanity, already in progress . . .
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