The mythical Golden Chalkholder for Fall 2011 goes to:

Deb Pratt. The number of facial expressions. The number of groans of pain. The number of times she said, "OOOHH, I just don't get this!" Yeah, sure... and the amount of excellent work, and the willingness to roll up her sleeves, and the sheer amount of care and enthusiasm for learning. I'm choosing Deb for this mythical honor but she really just represents, yet again, the whole MAT 313 ethos. (Yes... with an odd infusion from the Dashiell Hammett class and last spring's Calculus One.) Now go wreak yourself on some unsuspecting middle school class.

Gies Class Information

"80% of life is showing up." --Woody Allen

MAT 103 8 am grades??

River		Gr	Total	Final	Midterm	Project	q100	HWT
Allegheny	B	438	76	75	45	91	151
Athabasca	C	388	60	78	45	85	120
Avon		A	480	92	94	45	98	151
Congo		C-	343	83	71	0	69	120
Connecticut	B	413	80	63	40	89	141
Drava		B-	406	66	54	45	91	150
Ganges		B+	446	75	89	45	87	150
Hudson		B	421	93	69	45	95	119
Humboldt	B-	403	75	60	45	94	129
Indus		C+	391	60	49	45	89	149
Mohawk		B+	449	82	83	40	92	153
Neisse		B	437	94	85	45	83	130
Nile		A	461	93	81	45	96	146
Oder		C	381	72	56	45	72	136
Ohio		A	461	87	86	45	94	149
Seine		B	417	67	80	40	83	147
Severn		A+	488	97	96	50	94	151
Tennessee	B	440	79	79	45	87	150
Thames		B+	441	84	65	40	102	150
Tigris		B+	445	79	86	40	91	149

MAT 103 1:50 pm Grades??


River		Gr	Total	Final	Midterm	Project	qt	hw150
Amazon		B	439	73	83	50	83	150
Danube		B	437	81	75	45	85	151
Elbe		B+	442	79	84	45	92	142
Euphrates	B	438	94	93	45	87	119
Iowa		B	421	75	67	45	84	150
Limpopo		C+	394	68	69	40	89	128
Loire		B-	402	66	67	47	85	137
Marne		A+	475	91	99	50	89	146
Mekong		A-	453	91	95	45	97	125
Monongahela	B+	440	93	91	45	90	121
Owl		C	390	73	55	40	80	142
Rhine		B	422	81	75	40	84	142
Rio de la Plata	A-	456	95	76	45	98	142
Rio Grande	C-	323	59	39	40	72	113
Saone		A	462	85	92	45	95	145
Snake		F	235	58	57	0	56	64
Sunwapta	B	432	81	65	45	94	147
Zambezi		B+	441	79	78	45	89	150
Explanation:

Total should be the sum of the other five columns, though there may be a round off error of a point or two. QT was the result of a laborious process of dropping the lowest 30 points' worth of quizzes: there were one or two cases where the third lowest quiz was a 20-pointer, so I had to drop just half of it. HW150: The homework total was 115 (21 assignments x 5 points + 10 for Numera Fair), so for this I multiplied the homework total by 150/115.

What matters is not the grade. (The only person who got less than a C- and took the final ended up failing by a long distance.) What matters is what you learned about teaching math, and what you learned about yourself. Thing #1 should be: Don't teach your kids that math is dull or too hard. Just don't.

Have a good Christmas and make a kid happy.


MAT 313 grades?

Code			Gr	Total	Final	Encyc	ResPrj	Mid80	HWT	LabT
Alfredangalo		A	464	106	50	40	68	102	98
Cupcakes		A	487	108	50	50	78	102	99
harrypotterlover33	A	496	123	50	48	75	102	98
Mango			B	414	84	50	45	50	100	85
Murphy			B	412	78	50	43	47	102	93
need2pass		C+	398	69	50	43	49	92	95
Newton			A	474	111	50	46	68	102	97
OfficialAbstractThinker	A	499	119	50	50	78	103	99
Peanutbutter1		A	493	115	50	48	78	100	102
Pen				246	64	0	0	50	68	65
PGrey's			A+	505	119	50	50	80	102	105
Plus Silver		B-	408	76	50	43	42	100	97
Ripped			A-	453	112	49	46	55	92	99
Sea Monkey		A	473	119	50	44	65	100	95
Woodstock		A	479	114	50	46	71	102	96
Velocity		D	306	66	0	35	56	77	72
Yellow Lily		A-	459	107	50	48	59	100	95

Explanation: Please read this!! Oh, man. Yet another uniquely great class. Yet again, four or five of you racing up Everest for the mythical A+. What a privilege it was to teach you guys.

A few of these grades may change because I haven't totally shut the door on rewrites yet. That door shuts on Friday!

As I said at the end of the test: Have a great Christmas. Play. Be safe. Make a kid happy. And most of all, thanks.


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Updated Wednesday 11 May 2011