lazy TA

ok...here's my spiel.

im in this information technology class (geared toward the MBA) and we're supposed to take these 10min quizzes during the beginning of each class that have to do with the assigned readings due for that class. now, im going to write this because im extremely frustrated with the process by which the grading of these quizzes is performed. the irony here is that the course revolves around business process reengineering, for processes in businesses that are dysfunctional and need major redesigning.

so the professor's TA just takes the quizzes and depending on how HE FEELS we answered the question decides to take off however many points he believes we don't deserve. no explanations, no justifications....NOTHING. and what people don't understand is that i don't even care about the grade, because each quiz makes up literally 1 point out of hundreds that determine my overall grade in the class. the thing that bothers me is that i am someone who actually does care WHY someone believes i don't deserve the benefit of feeling like i properly accomplished a task that i set out to do. i ALSO CARE about referring to my quizzes for correct answers that will help me complete my final exam in the class (which is a take-home, open note/book exam). the problem now is that i don't know WHY i lost points on the quizzes, so i can't use the answers from those quizzes to answer hypothetically the same sort of question on the final.

it totally annoys me, and i think for an education that's supposedly worth over $60k i could get some sort of explanation here...maybe some sort of justification as to why those points were taken away and how i can better answer those quiz questions, thereby better answer some final exam questions that very closely match those on the quizzes.

i guess life's just not fair, huh?

ah, that actually feels better!