Mauvaise note-Wrong grade


 

Marine T- 09:34am Oct 25, 1999 (#1 of 9)

Apparemment, nous avons les mêmes réactions des deux côtés, c'est-à dire que la pluspart des élèves demandent une explication au prof.


Victor G - 09:46am Oct 25, 1999 (#2 of 9)

Cette similitude des réponses montre que les élèves ont plutôt confiance en leurs profs des deux côtés de l'Atlantique.


Tazeen M - 01:44pm Oct 27, 1999 (#3 of 9)

I agree that the responses were similar, almost everyone deciding to go talk to the professor. However, on the French side, some people decided to accept the wrong grade. Does this indicate a greater respect of authority (professors)?


Miranda L P - 03:47pm Oct 27, 1999 (#4 of 9)

I do not know if it is a greater respect for authority or if it could be that we are more likely to challenge authority if we think it is wrong. I don't think that I am showing disrespect by questioning a potential mistake.


Harald H - 11:27pm Oct 27, 1999 (#5 of 9)

I actually think it is surprisingly easy to make a professor change your grade here. Especially in smaller classes professors tend to be quite flexible. How is it at INT? Does it help to talk to the professors?


Jee Y B - 12:36am Oct 28, 1999 (#6 of 9)

In some of the classes I took, if the prof graded a correct answer wrong, he will obviously give me back the points, but if he graded a wrong question right, he will not take away the points. I found that very much to my advantage, while not being quite a fair measure from prof's point of view. Do you guys have any profs like that?


Adeline L K - 01:10am Oct 28, 1999 (#7 of 9)

I noticed that Americans seem to be bigger grade-grubbers than the French are. This may come from us being more self-defensive or us liking to argue. I think that Americans seem to be very competitive-- so competitive that they would negotiate with a professor for a better grade. Hey why not? You can only get a better grade!


Dinu F A - 11:58am Oct 28, 1999 (#8 of 9)

Maybe this arguing attitude for getting a better mark should be correlated to the anwers the two sides gave on 'bon parent-bon enfant' sections, because it seems to me the French parents try to teach their kids how to deal with the rules of society, how to behave, while here in the US it's more important to obey you parents... so maybe this could be a starting point for a more combative attitude of the americans in front of a prof.


B - 08:58am Dec 7, 1999 (#9 of 9)

Détrompes toi Harald,chez nous, en France les proffesseurs ne sont pas duppes et savent quand nous trichons et nous punissent sévèrement.Vous,les americains avez tendance à trouver la vie trop facile.Ici,si on triche au BAC,on ne peut passer aucun examen durant 5 ans.Mais ne pensez pas que l'on vous en veuille car nous voulons seulement vous informer de la difficulté des études en France.

SALUT !