The three hour final

Jeff: Hey
me: Hi

Jeff: How's it going?
me: It's going well
Just going through emails

Jeff: Cool. Ready for summer?
me: I suppose

Jeff: Lol
me: The weather is nice now though
No need to rush

Jeff: Lol yea
I'm depressed I had to change my howdy portal password and I really liked my old password. It was BosonHCRisrunnighot=vr30%
me: runnig?

Jeff: Whoops running
me: Julianne said she doesn't understand why you're depressed

Jeff: Lol I am emotionally attached to it. Its a combination of forensic psychology and cosmology
Oh and anthropology
me: Julianne says that maybe you didn't change it and you just want me to break into your account

Jeff: Lol yes that is exactly it
me: Figured

Jeff: Lol
I have my finals next week. I have a three hour math final
Oh but I am being forced to go to a star wars party on Saturday with N Hall people
me: it's not coercion if you go willingly

Jeff: lol yes it is
N adopted me in as their new baker person since the person that currrently bakes is moving
me: Aren't all finals three hours?
That doesn't sound unusual

Jeff: no they usually only an hour if that most take only 30 mins
me: That's not right.
It's a final

Jeff: At least from what i've experience here they are pretty easy
me: It is undergrad, after all.
lol

Jeff: lol yea
but my math professor said in grad school he has to take a five hour final so we have to take a three hour final
me: But you already said it is easy, so what's the big deal?
haha
Three hours is not bad

Jeff: not this class other classes are easy my grade in this class is currently 34
me: Well then I don't think taking the final is going to help at all.
Unless it is worth like 90% of the grade or something

Jeff: well he has a built in curve some where he is still working on it but the final counts for 30% of the grade he says he thinks i will be ok
He said he got bitched at because his class average is too low
me: Maybe if you get a perfect score.
Grade inflation isn't the answer

Jeff: that's what a lot of professors do
me: If people can't make the grade, that's their own damn fault.

Jeff: if the grade distribution isn't right they make it right
me: That's not right
So if you have a class full of lazy people….then you get grade inflation
That makes your degree worth less
It means nothing

Jeff: Well it means they aren't teaching something right if their class grade is too low
me: That's questionable.
There are bad teachers, but there are also bad students
If you really intend on going to grad school, be prepared….they don't inflate your grades.
Rather, your workload is inflated, lol.

Jeff: lol yea i know
me: 3 hour tests are a piece of cake compared to what you have to do in grad school

Jeff: Oh so I started playing the new tomb raider game
me: In grad school….a B- is failing. 3.5 GPA is the minimum.

Jeff: Well it depends on the program I've been told
me: Yeah, some programs you might be able to scrape by with a B-, but others generally want you to have a B or better.
C is failing.

Jeff: yea
So any vacations planned for the summer
me: Nothing explicit. I have a few work trips and we have some travel plans, but we're probably going to play it by ear.

Jeff: Cool
Well I'm going to get going. going to a orchrasra consert
me: k, later

Jeff: later