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Donald,

Now that you are back on campus, I think it best that we discuss your
concerns in person.  I am available most of the day tomorrow (except
for class 11:20-12:35).  Let me know if there is some time when it
would be convenient for you to come by.  I am certainly willing to go
through your paper with you, and to more fully explain my rationale
for the grade you received.  Regarding your other concerns, I must
say that the idea of treating students of color any differently from
any other students is
contrary to everything I believe and try to practice in the
classroom.  But, as I say, I think these things are probably best
considered in person, so I hope we can find a time soon to discuss them.

Best,

RB


On Feb 8, 2009, at 3:54 PM,  wrote:

> Hello Prof.
>
> I have been in Tanzania for Winter Study where I had limited access
> to internet and so could not communicate. But now that I am back on
> campus, I would like to re-open discussion about my grade in your
> "Plays and Performance" class last semester. I have already spoken
> to you about how I found the grade profoundly frustrating given my
> work in the class.
>
> I, as well as four other students of color in your class were
> unhappy with the way the class was conducted and eventually graded
> and we expressed out concerns to Dean Merrill, Dean McKeon, Dean
> Sneed and the Multicultural Center. Lauren Young and I were
> especially vocal about the fact that you never picked us to speak
> in class even when we raised our hands, and when we were able to
> speak, you interrupted us and that evidently hurt our participation
> grades as you described that I was "disengaged" in class.
>
> I will not attempt on behalf of Morgan Phillips-Spotts, Lauren
> Young, Jordanne King. About my grades in particular:
>
> - I was one of two or three students who got either in the high
> 80's or low 90's percentage-wise for the first midterm. Everyone
> else got much lower, the results were curved (or even inflated) and
> I still got a B- for the midterm.
>
> - My final paper which you wrote was "frustrating to read"is I
> believe work that deserves better than a borderline fail grade of
> C-. I would like a different professor in the department to cross-
> grade it.
>
> - The final exam itself was very tight on time and it was a stretch
> to expect a full-fledged paper that ties in THREE plays, after
> addressing them individually for about a page each. Given the
> constraints and the quality of the work, I believe this exam I
> submitted is more than borderline C work.
>
> - I am not going to argue my class participation grade of B
> although I did express my concern to you during the semster that I
> feel that my participation was thoughtful when I was picked to
> speak and you agreed, although emphasis was put on the frequency of
> talking in class as opposed to actually putting solid contributions
> on the table to advance the class conversation. People who got
> rewarded are people who did not read the plays and came class and
> just said over and over, "I thought the play was weird" with no
> intellectual value whatsoever.
>
> I would like to let you know that my Theatre major is very
> important to me and I am only asking for this cross-grading as a
> way of making sure that I get what I deserve, after putting so much
> work and effort into a class that I did not feel a part of half the
> time. I looked past the discomfort of the class to actually being a
> good student and I feel that I am going to claim my transcript as
> my own, it should comprise of grades I deserve.
>
> Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you soon about this
> matter.
>
> Leungo Donald Molosi '09