Friday, January 30, 2009

Thank you; may I please have another?

This week a student made an appointment to talk about last semester's final exam. I I braced myself for a grade debate. I pulled the final out of the file cabinet, located the appropriate key, and readied the excel file.

Imagine my surprise when the student walked in with a big smile, plopped down in the office chair, and just wanted to chat about the exam.

Seriously. They thought the exam was "really neat" especially the fourth problem* which was "really cool because it was hard and stuff so I wanted to see if I got it right."





*I thought it was really cool, too, but I'm a little biased (and I didn't have to take the exam!!)

7 comments:

stepwise girl said...

How's that for a compliment then!

And how's that for something we just don't expect from students... and yet it exists! There's hope for us all.

hypoglycemiagirl said...

well, congratulations for having made a kick-ass exam!

EcoGeoFemme said...

With the attitude these students have, I bet it's going to be hard for you to leave.

Amelie said...

Your students seem to be really happy with you!

Albatross said...

They sound like a dream group!

DocElectron said...

Wow - that is a neat experience as a teacher huh?

That's the kind of thing that makes the days of crazy emails and whining worth it.

Way to go!

Cath@VWXYNot? said...

That's awesome! Sign that student to a binding contract now!