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Petition Type: New
ID: 4034
Submitted: December 13, 2017 at 12:00:27 PM
First Name: Sawyer
Last Name: Wildgen
Student Number: 10180117
Email: sawyer.wildgen@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BCOMM
Plan: ENGL
Level of Study: 3
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Code: FREN 106
Term: Fall
Year: 2017
Petition Category: Request a review of instructors' decisions on grading of final examination and/or term work
Instructor's Name: Catherine Dhavernas
Component: Rosetta Stone
Petition Letter
Petition Letter: Hi there,
I'm not sure if this is necessarily the right category for this type of appeal, but I will explain the situation and hopefully it can be forwarded to the right category (sorry if that is the case). Essentially I was completing my Rosetta Stone work for FREN 106, and at the top it displayed a bar that said 95 complete. When the deadline for Rosetta Stone to be completed came by I didn't think anything of it, and was happy with that level of completion. Then when I got my mark back I got a 2.35/30. I thought there was some mistake so I went online to look and saw that after digging around on the website there were a bunch of other modules, and the 95 was only referencing the one module. I looked online and found that this was a common problem with Rosetta Stone, and that the software does not make it apparent that there is another module to move on to once the first one is completed.
I started panicking, as Rosetta Stone was worth 30 of my mark, and was by far the easiest part of the course. I right away thought, given that I have done all the assignments and gotten high grades, it's pretty obvious that I wouldn't just throw away the easiest chunk of 30 of my grade, and it doesn't really cost them anything to open up the modules for a little longer, I can just complete it over the christmas break. However when I expressed this to the Professor, I was given a very standardized policy answer saying nothing could be done. I'm just frustrated because I have invested a significant amount of time into this course and gotten good grades along the way, and this would essentially mean I need to pay 1500 to redo the entire course (this would be the lowest mark on my transcript by far otherwise), when I genuinely thought I had completed all the required work. I am seeking to get my grade changed to an IN for a total of 10 days so I can complete the additional modules, or to get the cost of re-enrolling in the course waived. I'm not the type to send off messages like this, but I really feel like this would be an unfair outcome otherwise. I wasn't trying to beat the system, and I'm more than willing to put the required work in, I just didn't see there was any more to be done.
Thank you so much for your help,
Sawyer
I'm not sure if this is necessarily the right category for this type of appeal, but I will explain the situation and hopefully it can be forwarded to the right category (sorry if that is the case). Essentially I was completing my Rosetta Stone work for FREN 106, and at the top it displayed a bar that said 95 complete. When the deadline for Rosetta Stone to be completed came by I didn't think anything of it, and was happy with that level of completion. Then when I got my mark back I got a 2.35/30. I thought there was some mistake so I went online to look and saw that after digging around on the website there were a bunch of other modules, and the 95 was only referencing the one module. I looked online and found that this was a common problem with Rosetta Stone, and that the software does not make it apparent that there is another module to move on to once the first one is completed.
I started panicking, as Rosetta Stone was worth 30 of my mark, and was by far the easiest part of the course. I right away thought, given that I have done all the assignments and gotten high grades, it's pretty obvious that I wouldn't just throw away the easiest chunk of 30 of my grade, and it doesn't really cost them anything to open up the modules for a little longer, I can just complete it over the christmas break. However when I expressed this to the Professor, I was given a very standardized policy answer saying nothing could be done. I'm just frustrated because I have invested a significant amount of time into this course and gotten good grades along the way, and this would essentially mean I need to pay 1500 to redo the entire course (this would be the lowest mark on my transcript by far otherwise), when I genuinely thought I had completed all the required work. I am seeking to get my grade changed to an IN for a total of 10 days so I can complete the additional modules, or to get the cost of re-enrolling in the course waived. I'm not the type to send off messages like this, but I really feel like this would be an unfair outcome otherwise. I wasn't trying to beat the system, and I'm more than willing to put the required work in, I just didn't see there was any more to be done.
Thank you so much for your help,
Sawyer
Documentation
History
Originally submitted December 13, 2017 at 12:00:27 PM.
| Field | Reference | Old Value | New Value | Note | User | Date/Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| status | N/A | Received | Withdrawn | Spring Forsberg | 2018-01-22 10:46:12 AM |