It was Monday. But not any Monday. It was a post test Monday. The good news --- We got our tests back. The bad news --- The lowest score was a 26 and the highest score was an 85. Who got what? Well, I'll just protect the innocent on both sides of the grading scale.
Kurpis then said he was willing to accept our proposal on what to do with the test scores and a proposal of what to do as far as formatting the next test, as long as it was reasonable. It was after that, that the madness ensued.
There were words like curve, and extra credit, and no essay etc. etc. etc. There was a whole lot of noise and no order. But then, there was a time constraint imposed. And amidst all of the chaos, a leader emerged. And then another. And then another. And then another. Words were being thrown around and ideas were being put on the table. There was so much emotion involved and things just got crazy. Some people wanted a curve. Others wanted extra credit. It was a mess. But compromise was met, as the class decided on a curve and an extra credit assignment. We also agreed on how to format the next exam. We made the deadline.
In class, there was definitely compromise, if there was no compromise, there would have been no proposal. There was also accommodation, especially on the parts of those who actually did well. They didn't have to agree to anything.
How did I handle the potential for chaos during the class? It was basically accommodation because I actually got a decent grade (in my opinion) and was all for those that needed to get to where they wanted to be so they could at least be partially satisfied. However, as the time to submit our agreement and tensions got higher, I tended to be on the avoidance side of the spectrum because I was just annoyed. I was tired of hearing people screaming at us and carrying on about this, that, and the third. I wanted to withdraw from it all.
Now that I look at it in hindsight, another way that the conflict could have been handled is if people realized that it wasn't all about getting extra points to boost the grades we already got. We should of had a dialogue to discuss where we went wrong and then figured out how we could've done better next time and possibly opted to work harder on the next test and get rid of the grades we got on this one. That would have been the best way to deal in my opinion.
But there will be no next time. And we can't change the past. We can only go forward.
Ramblings, musings and ponderings of my lessons learned and experiences from my time in Kurpis' House aka MGT 3120 MW6A.
