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And with the benefit of hindsight, Waite says, Watson clearly doesn't deserve that C she gave him. "Goodness, he certainly proved he knew how to work the
by piptastic 7y ago
And with the benefit of hindsight, Waite says, Watson clearly doesn't deserve that C she gave him.
"Goodness, he certainly proved he knew how to work the
Constitution and what it meant and how to be politically
active," she says. "So, yes, I think he deserves an A
after that effort — A-plus!"
And that's exactly what happened.
On March 1, Waite signed a form to officially change
Watson's grade. Thirty-five years after Gregory Watson
wrote his paper, he finally got his C changed to an A.
https://www.npr.org/2017/05/05/526900818/the-bad-grade-that-changed-the-u-s-constitution https://www.npr.org/2017/05/05/526900818/the-bad-grade-that-...
- jldugger 7y agoNote well, would-be faculty: this is the degree to which undergrads will hound you if you grade homework accurately.
- ska 7y agoAt least in this case, it wasn't a parent.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoDid that end up retroactively changing his grade in the course as well?
- patmorgan23 7y agoYes, grade changes are done on the course level. The registrar doesn't keep track of the individual assignments.