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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Final grade in one class
Well, I took networking and database management this past term at University of Phoenix. I’ve gotten my grade for the database class.
I guess that means I did all right. Now waiting to for the networking class. Going in to the last week I had a 96.7% (yeah, kinda funny that I would be lower in Networking than in databases). However 24% of the grade is scored the last week. So, I could have a 76% or a 97.4% or anywhere in between.
I guess I’ll know in the next day or two.
Taking these two classes during this time in my life was exceedingly difficult. First, there was a lot of work. Second, my groups were less than ideal. Third, there were a number of outside inconveniences including Pascha and a job related trip to Florida.
I am a little nervous about my networking grade. I would hate to lose my 4.0.
Ah well, time will tell, and now I am in my next to last class - IT Risk Management. Should be a fun class. After last term, it should be much easier and much less stressful. P
Comments:
Matsu on 05/15 at 04:04 AM said:
You wrote, “...my groups were less than ideal” about the two classes you just completed. WOW! Was that ever a challenge when I got my degree from UoP online.
There were some unbelievable free-loaders in the program and they got credit for just being thrown into a group, whether they did anything (and most did nothing) or not. But, I wasn’t willing to take a low grade because of them, so the students who cared about their grades and doing good work ended up carrying the work load of the students who didn’t care and didn’t do hardly any work. I guess that’s the nature of group projects.
Congrats on your high scores, especially deserved given the circumstances you were under when you earned them.
Moose on 05/15 at 10:00 AM said:
Matsu,
Thank you. You know… I remember the same issues at Asbury. I don’t think this is a UoP issue, per se, but a group dynamic issue as you have stated.
Part of the problem with me is that by doubling up on classes I change groups. I’ve done this a couple times, so I am with people at the latter stages of the degree that I have no clue about.
Additionally, everybody else in the class does have a clue about and has requested to either not be in certain people’s groups or have requested to be in other groups. Thus, you end up with the strong students working together, and schmucks like me being stuck with the free-loaders, as you called them.
This is the price I pay for finishing a 14 month Masters in less than a year I guess.
Again, thanks for the congrats and for reading my blog.
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