Lab Grading

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Hi, I'm sure you get a plethora of complaints about lab grades but I would like to voice my opinion as well. I started of receiving very low lab grades but I have improved tremendously. I use to lose points due to things like sig figs and not putting units. However now I, as well as the majority of my class, feel as though our AI (Jake) is grading to hash. He is a wonderful person but there are problems with grades. Actually during the first lab he even said that he would grade us very tough. I think this is unfair for many reasons.
The first being that this is many of our first chemistry course. I am not implying that we should get freebees because after all we are in college. I am just saying that this is our first chemistry course and …show more content…

We are getting 90's and 100' on the quizzes and worksheets but ore getting 50's, 60's and 70's on our labs. If we understand the material and are putting it to use in lab, then I do not understand why we continuously receive horrible grades.
My third reason is that the grading is inconsistent. It would be a little more understandable if everyone is held to the same standards, but this is not the case. Some of my friends and peers receive 20's and above on all of their labs and our labs are nearly identical. It should be more consistent for everyone. It is EXTREMELY unfair that I work for hours on end trying to perfect my lab and receive a bad score, while a mediocre lab receive a higher score than mine due to the AI not speaking english well or just being more lenient than mine. I have seen this occur multiple times.
I attend as much office hours that my schedule allows for and yet I continue to get pummeled with my AI's grading. We have tried to talk to our AI about it but nothing has changed so I decided to go to you. Friends of mine have even gone above, contacting the head of chemistry express sing their concerns. Again, I do not want you to think I am complaining because I know, and am willing to accept, when I receive a bad grade that is

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