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After studying Miss Felicia's essay written for Professor Shan Yu, Philosophy 101, something occurred to me. Something is missing... Grades!
I wanted to throw out the idea of posting weekly grades, for our student body in their various coursework throughout the school 'year'. My initial thoughts are that these grades (A thru F) come from all Professors, for all students (say a simple box matrix score, based on varied classes taught by the distinguished staff.) Perhaps accrued weekly, in some form of tabular sheet for all to see (posted here, and I think on Virtueverse.)
Such a system would offer a wonderful ongoing focus for many interactions in my humble opinion.
Please, I'm curious?
Thoughts?
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As a professor... I'd have to actually teach and evaluate, before I'd feel comfortable issuing a grade. Of course... it's expected that the girls would try and 'improve' a grade with appropriate application of affection.
As a student... WTF?? I've not even taken her fuckin' CLASS! why's she handing me this ..? oh an A? Oh yeah, totally expected that.. *looks smug*
(I'm for it!!)
Maybe there is a way one of us could create some sort of interactive spreadsheet, so that each faculty member could go to the page and enter this week's grade for each student. And I could just link to that spreadsheet here, and on VirtueVerse.
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Interactive spreadsheets are possible through GoogleDocs. I can play tomorrow with the idea.
I am so for a graded aspect, but rather than issue them arbitrarily once a week, how about simply having five or six assignments, and getting the students to participate? For example, the "no killing" exercise that Charisma brought Ali and Thess on (later joined by Ivy) that they passed with As, while Kelli horribly failed off screen? Or alices cooking class? Alice also issued grades on the first Field Trip night, based on acheivement in battle.
There has to be a balance between earning and rp, at least I hubly submit that there should.
I am for it, once we agree on a method of merit.
I personally am for a very flexible system that simply allows the Professors to issue grades and have graded assignments whenever the Professor wants to. Once a week, once a month, whenever.
I'm trying to accomodate play schedules and make grades something that teacher players never feel obligated to do; they should not be a drag. "I didn't do grades this week. I hardly played with any of these people! What will I give them?" Instead, set up the spreadsheet, and then just let each Professor do her grades ... however she damn well pleases.
This also reinforces the ultimately arbitrary and unfair nature of the crime school. And it is worth pointing out -- in case anyone did not already know it -- that ultimately there is only one "grade" and it is pass/fail and up to your professor. When your mentor says you have graduated, you have. But grades, as everyone is noting, would be a useful source of RP.
It's very much like the Harry Potter books; everyone seems to worry about grades, and some of the Professors are fair and others aren't, but there's nothing any of the students can do about it and the grades don't seem to actually -mean- much in the long term. They just seem to be very important to the students involved.
Well, then. I'm totally on board with that. From both sides.
I like what Nadja said. I'll still look into creating a GoogleDocs spreadsheet, and encourage everyone to open a gmail account for game use. They're free, and easily forwardable to other Gmail accounts or most other web-based mail.
Oh, I haz a question.
Is the Faculty Mentor's grade the sole one that counts? Does Charisma alone have the power to pass/fail Felicia, or does each teacher's grade factor in? Does everyone need to sign off on it?
Ultimately, only the faculty mentor decides if a girl is ready to "graduate" or not.
That student may have accumulated a pile of A grades from every other teacher -- or even her mentor! -- but if the mentor says she cannot go, she cannot go. Not fair! So what. Go cry.
In theory, Nadja could override this, but I cannot imagine a circumstance in which she would, as it would be the equivalent of stealing someone's bitch permanently.
Ok! Just wanted to make sure that so-and-so Alice couldn't use them as a way to screw over Kelli! I'm on to her tricks...
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