Time Crunch

Well it's that time of the semester: FINALS. Well, next week anyway. Students who have slacked for the semester now ask, "What do I need to make on the final to get an 'A'?"

"Well," I patiently tell them, "Your current average is a 52, it would take a change in the laws of mathematics for you to make an 'A' or even pass." I wish I could say that. The final is not the time to learn everything for the first time. It should be review.

Most of my students are great. In one class 5 of the 15 are exempt from the final because they made a 93 average on all their tests. Most of the others left are good students as well. It's just the 2 or 3 that get to me at this time of the semester.