Gies Class Information

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

And the coveted Golden Chalk Holder goes to: CHRIS REED and LIBBY BUCKINGHAM. Chris not only writes exceptionally well but wrote a very upsetting short story and just generally seemed to contribute a lot to the class. "A very astonishing, enigmatic and obscurely horrible individual."

As for Libby... well, she's creative, she's hard-working, she's a really good person, and she's smart enough she could be a math major. But stay just as you are. I'm so glad you're back. Next year's student assistant has big shoes to fill, and no, I'm not making fun of your feet.

MAT 104 Scores

code		grade	t 400	ICF40	THF40	ICM56	THM24	hw120	j60	islam	poly	persp
Aluminum	B	337.1	25	16	47	24	112.7	56.4	18	19	19
Argon		A-	366.8	26	30	51	23	120.0	58.8	20	20	18
Beryllium	B-	323.0	30	22	40	20	114.8	40.2	18	20	18
Boron		C	310.4	21	24	45	15	95.0	56.4	18	18	18
Calcium		B+	353.8	22	29	45	23	114.8	60	20	20	20
Carbon		A	388.6	36	37	51	24	120.0	60.6	20	20	20
Cesium		B	346.7	31	25	40	20	117.9	52.8	20	20	20
Chlorine	C-	271.2	22	24	48	24	85.6	15.6	16	16	20
Copper											
Flourine	A	370.0	35	32	48	24	114.8	58.2	20	20	18
Gallium		B	336.2	18	30	45	24	109.6	57.6	18	18	16
Helium		B	328.3	29	22	43	24	117.9	41.4	15	18	18
Hydrogen	A	369.8	35	32	44	24	120.0	58.8	20	16	20
Iron		B+	354.2	33	27	42	24	119.0	52.2	19	20	18
Lithium		B	337.3	33	24	45	23	104.3	54	19	16	19
Magnesium	A	385.6	39	26	54	24	121.0	63.6	18	20	20
Molybdenum											
Neon		C	306.6	23	25	43	19	97.0	39.6	20	20	20
Nitrogen	A+	392.8	39	38	56	24	119.0	58.8	20	20	18
Oxygen		B	338.9	40	24	46	24	108.5	44.4	16	16	20
Phosphorus	A	374.7	38	32	52	24	116.9	52.8	20	20	19
Potassium	B	340.9	27	36	35	24	113.7	49.2	20	18	18
Scandium	A	380.8	40	38	53	24	119.0	46.8	20	20	20
Silicon											
Sodium		A	385.4	36	32	54	23	121.0	59.4	20	20	20
Sulphur		A	391.6	40	34	56	24	120.0	57.6	20	20	20
Vanadium	B-	324.4	21	15	44	21	119.0	44.4	20	20	20
Titanium	B	344.0	28	26	56	24	115.8	40.2	18	18	18

Explanation: "ICF" = in class final (40 pts); "THF" = take home final (40); "ICM" = in class midterm (56 pts); "THM" = take home midterm (24). Homework (120 pts), Journals (50) and so on are pro-rated in proportion; for instance, there were actually 115 pts worth of homework, so everyone's HW120 score is the homework total times 120/115. (This is why I have a PhD in math. It's okay, I'm a doctor.) If there are mistakes, let me know. The three blank rows are the three students who haven't got their THFs in as of Friday at 11:30 am.

Thanks for a really fun couple of classes. The 8 am class was orderly and brilliant; the 3:30 pm class found just the proper frequency of chaos for their creativity to shine through. I hope I have a lot of you in future classes.

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If you want some light reading, try the Tale of Countess Vivian! It's just been heavily rewritten and reduced in length by about 15%! And it's still free.

The Golden Chalkholder Hall of Fame:

Spring 1998: Heather Wyman
Spring 1999: Tony Lau
Fall 2000: The MAT 213/320/103/104 greats: Melissa Caldwell, Deb Skehan, Becky Waugh, Sarah Olmsted, Darcy Shepard, Andrew Bard, Aimee Gagnon, Meg Condon... and many others
Spring 2001: Marcy Fournier
Fall 2001: Meg Condon & Sarah Olmsted
Spring 2002: Maribel Delagarza
Spring 2003: Sarah Woodcock
Spring 2004: Jocelyn Platt & Shea Strout
Fall 2004: Sara Weaver & Jen Hubert
Spring 2005: Dustin Gage
Fall 2005: Michelle Guy
Fall 2006: Amanda Taylor
Spring 2007: Dan Allen
Fall 2007: My whole freakin' MAT 313 class
Spring 2008: My whole freakin' ENG 100 "Lovecraft: Lurking in the Shadows" class
Fall 2008: Matt Davis
Spring 2009: Libby Buckingham and Chris Reed

Updated Friday 15 May 2009