Response to a PR student: A student deserves an A...

I like your question. A student deserves an A when he or she meets all requirements for a class including receiveing As on all work (quizzes, exams,etc.). Sometimes a student may receive an A in a class when he or she has gotten mostly As and one or two lower grades but the As must be high enough to outweigh the lower grades and the lower grades can't be too low. Another important factor to remember is that the expectations for each class may be different. Some teachers have higher expectations for their students than other teachers. What I find with many of my public relations students is that they do creative work but they don't always read which results in less than As on their exams and quizzes. I urge my students to read and study the text because those are usually the students who receive As in my classes and other teacher's classes unless extra credit is given or the lowest grade is dropped. I don't like to use these techniques to raise student's grades because it does not give them a true sense of the quality of their work. When they have to compete for Internships, scholarships and jobs with students or graduates from other schools, they need to be absolutely confident in their abilities.