ENGL 113B Lecture 8: How passing class is harder than failing this.
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Many students will avoid working hard in a class that they see as challenging because of the risk involved. If they work hard and fail, then they"ve proven their inadequacy. But if they don"t work hard and manage to get a d, then their pride remains intact and they haven"t lost anything. That"s the reason why, in my class, i make failing harder work than passing. Students who are content to score at or below 60 percent are faced with extra work that they would not have to do if they were scoring just ten points higher. This cycle helps students begin to understand that, if they can do the work required to get 70 percent, it"s not much more work to get an even higher grade. I write my own tests, quizzes, test maps, intervention worksheets, homework assignments, and labs.
