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Due Wednesday, December 18
Congratulations on making it to the end of the semester! Do you feel like a different person from who you were at the beginning of the semester??? You’re so much more knowledgeable and mature!
For this assignment, pretend you could get into a time machine and visit yourself from the beginning of the semester. (This is the other side of the back-to-the-future assignment you completed earlier in the semester.) What do you know now that you wish you knew then? Write a letter to deliver to your past self explaining how this semester went for you and how you figured out what it takes to succeed in this class. Include any tips you have for your past self and anything you wish you had done differently semester this semester. How would you motivate your past self to work hard for their upcoming 16 weeks? What do you want your past self to know about where you are now?
Submit your letter as a comment on this post. Your letters may be used for future students of this class!
You may submit your comment any time you like, but if you submit it by 11:59pm on the day of the final exam you will earn one more participation point.
Monday, December 16 to Wednesday, December 18
Here’s a video to get you in the mood for Wednesday’s final exam and the end of the semester!
- Monday
- Exam review in class
- Office hours
- 12pm-1pm
- 2pm-3pm
- Wednesday
- Final exam
- No office hours
- Two more participation assignments due Wednesday, December 18, 11:59pm
- Time machine (instructions)
- Goodbye survey (link)
Math Department Final Exam Absences Policy
From a memo to instructors:
F, WU GRADE
- The cleanest way to handle students who miss the final exam is to simply compute the grade with a zero for the final. In all likelihood, the final letter grade will be F or WU – (if student stops attending after December 13).
INC GRADE
- An INC grade prevents students from registering for any class with the prerequisite of the MAT class in question and has been more difficult to manage in recent semesters.
- Only if a student is BOTH passing AND you receive approved documentation, are they eligible for a makeup final conducted approximately two weeks prior to the start of the Fall semester.
ALL (3) CRITERIA MUST BE MET FOR MAKEUP FINAL:
- Student PASSING the course (D or higher)
- DOCUMENTATION received by YOU for a valid excuse such as:
- Serious Illness *Requires Pre-Approval from John Currie; student must submit medical documentation to John Currie, (Student Accessibility Director) who in turn must inform YOU if approved – Only then may you submit this form. (john.currie37@citytech.cuny.edu; L-237)
- Jury Duty (Summons) *Please present to Student Accessibility (see above)
- Death in the Family (Bereavement) *Please present documentation to Student Affairs N325.
- TRAVELING IS NOT AN EXCUSE
- After verifying documentation, complete a MAKEUP APPROVAL FORM and upload an “Incomplete Resolution Plan” form (required if giving INC grade) at the end of the makeup approval form.
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