Answer To A Question On Phys 11 Grade

Anonymous posted as comment:
sir? anu pala yung comprehensive exam? walang paki don sa grade ko? pumasa man ako sir don sa comprehensive.. na bakit ganito lang yung grade ko? i need an explanation for this. sir, pinuntahan kita sa office mo na wala ka, panu kita makausap ng personal. sir, i have to fix this.. please..huhuhu

Ans:

First of all, I am so sorry for what had befallen you... as I do really feel sorry to all my students who flanked. But given this responsibility of teaching young students and the responsibility of being a judge over an academic subject, it is really necessary for me to be fair in giving grades. If you only knew how hard it feels, to give a high grade to the students you dislike, and give low grade to the student you like. . . It's really hard. Nevertheless, what you deserve should be given to you. 

As I had informed all of you in class that the grade would be based on the following Grading system:
60 % - Major Exams
25 % - Quizzes
10 % - Assignments
5 % - Attendance

The first thing to take note here is that the grade is not only based on Major exams. Although its gravity is big, other domains should not be neglected. Major exams do not guarantee that you would have high or passing grade. Let me give you an example.

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For example, you got passing scores in the four major exams. Let's say you got 50 % in each, that is, say you have a score of 60 out of 120 items. In the grading system, that 50 % passing score in  each major exam is worth 7.5 %. ($latex 15 \times 60 \div 120 = 7.5 $)
You didn't have quizzes and assignments. And you had lots of absences (so let's say you gained 3 % in attendance).

So the computation would look like this:
7.5 % - Prelim
7.5 % - Midterm
7.5 % -  Final
7.5 % -  Comprehensive
0 % - Assignment
0 % - Quizzes
3 % - Attendance
Add all this up. The result is 33 %, which is far below 50 %. And that's failed.

This is a simple example showing that even though the major exams were all passed, the grade may still be low (or a failure in this example) due to low scores in quizzes, assignments and attendance. 

Try to check again your scores. And follow simple computation I have just described.
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PS
If you went to my office to see me, you couldn't see me really because I am not around the campus most of the time these days due to busy schedule that had befallen me. I may even be out of the country next week. So if you want to look at your scores in my record and see the actual computation of your grade, please do not hesitate to visit me any office days after June 9, 2013.

Thank you for posting your question.