1. How Not to Deal With a Student Mother

    The chancellor of the University of California at Davis is pledging an investigation and “swift and appropriate action” over an e-mail in which a class was polled on the grade that should be given to a student who had to miss some quizzes because she had given birth.

    The letter. Wow. Fucking unbelievable. California? My cousin, who teaches at a California university, lost her track to tenure(ship) because she got pregnant. 

    “Dear Colleagues,

    One of our classmates recently gave birth and will be out of class for an unknown period of time. This means she will undoubtedly miss one, or more, or all quizzes in VMD 444. Dr. Feldman is not sure how to handle this and has requested the class give input and vote. He has provided us with 6 options on which to vote and is open to any other ideas you may have. Most likely a CERE poll will be up next week and a voting will close no later than Wednesday. If you have other suggestions please email them to Dan or I ASAP. We will alert you to the opening of voting. Below are listed the options that Dr. Feldman has suggested. Please reserve comment on these options and provide us your opinion on them by voting when the time comes. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
    a) automatic A final grade
    b) automatic B final grade
    c) automatic C final grade
    d) graded the same as everyone else: best 6 quiz scores out of a possible 7 quiz scores (each quiz only given only once in class with no repeats)
    e) just take a % of quiz scores (for example: your classmate takes 4 quizzes, averages 9/10 points = 90% = A)
    f) give that student a single final exam at the end of the quarter (however this option is only available to this one student, all others are graded on the best 6 quiz scores and the % that results)

    Please let us know if you have other thoughts on how to handle this situation and please keep your eye out for the upcoming vote.

    Thank you for your time and consideration,

    Your Presidents

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