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    The Five Stages Of Grade Grubbing

    A handy guide for college instructors who are about to return that first midterm of the semester

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    by frankiebow808

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    The Five Stages of Grade Grubbing

    1. Denial: "I'm an 'A' student!"

    2. Anger: "Your class will crush my dream of medical school!"

    3. Bargaining "So what can I do for extra credit?" (More properly called "wheedling" as "bargaining" implies some kind of exchange).

    4. Escalated bargaining (may involve helicopter parents going full Boeing Apache on the dean).

    5. Professor, urged by administration to "work something out" and be more "student centered," capitulates. (Or stubbornly and recklessly records the earned grade and braces for a flurry of revenge posts on RMP)

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