Hello professor Donald,
I hope all is well. I have received my grades for the BCP VS COOP essay assignment and I am very disappointed in the methods in which you used to grade the essay. I am well aware that the grading rubric was used in grading the paper, however, the rubric standards and the instructions on how to write the paper simply doesn’t match. We are told to write a 4 page paper that compares and contrast BCP VS COOP using a minimum of 750 words and a maximum of 1500 words with 1.5 spaced and 1 inch margins. No disrespect, I have never written a paper that was 1500 words long and ended up with a 4 page paper, let alone using a grading rubric as such. Regardless of that fact, I am under the impression that your grading style is
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There, glaring up at me in bold, red ink against the crisp white paper was a C- . Comparing my grades to those of my classmates, it was revealed that they too had received these grades. What had we done wrong?
I have reviewed your paper and conferred with Dr. Meredith regarding this matter. Dr. Meredith contends that you submitted the essay on March 21, but it was initially due Feb. 15. Because the paper was submitted late, he originally disqualified it for credit. He then confirmed what you expressed to me in our conversation that he had neglected to take into consideration a conference that you two had previously had about altering your work schedule for the course and permitting you to make up the missed assignment. After you brought that to his attention, he accepted your essay and scored it according to its merits based upon the criteria articulated in the rubric. It is his contention that you were given until April 11 to rewrite the assignment for credit possibly improving the “Unsatisfactory” grade. Indeed the following is at the bottom of the grade sheet you
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