Why are Some Professors Unfair in Grading?

[noumed]

I've been helping 'hiring' people for my 'company', the Air Force. The ability to learn data and tricks is nice, but what really counts is motivation, i ability to observe, analyse and conclude about things that are not in a textbook, taking initiatives, working independently, being stable, not getting upset easily and above all, being a team player.

Which goes to show that grades are just ONE part of the equation. Like my prof back in college said, they look at you in so many different ways during an interview that it's almost hard to predict on what they want out of you as a candidate. Your best bet is to be who you are and if you don't get it, move on.

Personally I don't think it matters where you get your first job, because a one-track career is uncommon these days. The people you meet in your daily lives, the network that you build, will help you get the job you want much more than any paper. I guess most people think they'd land their dream job the moment they step out of college. All that glitters is not gold.

 

[rootX]

Life isn't always fair according everyone's individual definitions of fair. Get over it.

No one really cares what marks you get (after first job) and they play only minute role. But, I was considering how fair it is to overvalue students.

I just overhead some workers' conversation today who were complaining that new workers shouldn't get same salary as they do because they are working for more than 20 years and they have greater responsibility ..

P.S. I really don't care about these things much because life isn't always fair, and I should emphasize that I don't bring these things in my general conversations with other people... if some of you are thinking that I go around and brag about my grades or complain to professors that they mark too easily or I am generally rude to other people.

 

[Borek]

Life isn't always fair according everyone's individual definitions of fair. Get over it.

Let me ask you two questions:

1. Will you do your best trying to grade your students accroding to their achievments?

2. If you will see that your fellow lecturer grades students in a questionable way, will you ignore it saying "get over it"?

Note: I am not obsessed with grades, and being in the age that allows me to remember moment when Louis Armstrong landed on the Moon I have long lost dellusions about life fairness. But it doesn't mean that I can't try to be fair or try to straighten up things which I consider unfair.