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I know that many people report a big decrease in symptoms with pregnancy but I seem to be having the opposite experience. My mood swings and insomnia are insane right now. For anyone whose PMDD went away, was that after the initial hormone fluctuations of implantation and embryo formation? Or was it immediate? I guess I just want to know if this is going to be a really rough 9 months 😫.

I’ve been looking around the PCC website and can’t find a specific code of ethics for teachers. I’m curious what pcc considers unethical grading practices. I think (without going into any details) one of my teachers is practicing inconsistent grading and I would like to know what PCCs grading ethics and policies are.

I’m a person in their mid 30s going back to school for a post-bachelors in biology and I think there is academic favoritism going on in my biology series (211-213 the principles series for context) and I’m wondering if this sounds like favoritism or normal grading? Scenario below:

I took 211 last term and got a solid B (85%) and an 88% on the midterm. We had post labs due every week that were each work 10-20 points (10 terms) weekly lab quizzes (10 points each), class homework (10 points each) and pre lab quizzes and content quizzes online every week. We didn’t have a final because of an emergency which was fine (long story, not really relevant here).

Multiple people (like 8/24) got 100% on the midterm which seemed statistically really odd but I thought maybe we’re in a class of really smart people and this class is above average. But I’m in 212 this term and we just took our midterm and one of classmates who got 100% on the last term’s midterm told me our midterms (from 211) were really curved because she added up her points and she got no where near 100%. I went home and added up my points and I got exactly the grade I was given. Another student the other week told me they turned in zero of the post labs due and I know they didn’t do great overall and they told me the teacher rounded their final grade up to a B but that they really weren’t expecting that because they didn’t do any of the class work and I know they got maybe a B on the midterm.

We just took this term’s midterm and I did worse than I wanted to (a 72%) but I do all my work, come to class, and I think I’ll be ok.

Here are my concerns:
\-I’ve never seen curve grading scales used to give a large percentage of a class 100% and I don’t understand the purpose of this. It seems like she picked her favorites who got above an 85% and gave them individually really high grades.

\-I know that professors will individually curve grades at the end for circumstantial reasons like a student who worked really hard but maybe doesn’t test well or something in their life personally happened. But to hear that a student literally didn’t do an entire portion of work that is meant to demonstrate an important piece of our class (lab skills and comprehension), and was given the same grade as me and they even said they didn’t feel like they deserved it feels like favoritism.

\-I studied pretty hard for our current midterm and I knew all the short answer really really well and felt super confident after the test about the second half of short answer questions. I’m not great at multiple choice (and I’m having some medical issues come up right now), and it’s possible that was the dying part of my grade. I haven’t the exam yet so idk where I got points off.

\-my concern now is on both ends of the spectrum (good grades and bad grades) I’m not receiving any curves while others around me seem to be getting arbitrary curves and potentially unnecessary ones. And no one who has received a curve has even hinted at it being for personal reasons like a death of loved one and unable to complete all the work or any other reason.

Does this sound like potential academic favoritism? I understand curving an entire class for compensation but that doesn’t seem to be the pattern here. Our teacher also hasn’t shared her curve metrics at all and I kind of assumed there wouldn’t be curves since it’s a lower level class. Would love any and all respectful feedback.

Also, I’m just gathering information. I’m mostly trying to decide if I take this professor next term or find a different one for 213. Options are low for another professor but I could go to another cc or take the final class at the university I’ll be transferring to.

I’m a person in their mid 30s going back to school for a post-bachelors in biology and I think there is academic favoritism going on in my biology series (211-213 the principles series for context) and I’m wondering if this sounds like favoritism or normal grading? Scenario below:

I took 211 last term and got a solid B (85%) and an 88% on the midterm. We had post labs due every week that were each work 10-20 points (10 terms) weekly lab quizzes (10 points each), class homework (10 points each) and pre lab quizzes and content quizzes online every week. We didn’t have a final because of an emergency which was fine (long story, not really relevant here).

Multiple people (like 8/24) got 100% on the midterm which seemed statistically really odd but I thought maybe we’re in a class of really smart people and this class is above average. But I’m in 212 this term and we just took our midterm and one of classmates who got 100% on the last term’s midterm told me our midterms were really curved because she added up her points and she got no where near 100%. I went home and added up my points and I got exactly the grade I was given. Another student the other week told me they turned in zero of the post labs due and I know they didn’t do great overall and they told me the teacher rounded their final grade up to a B but that they really weren’t expecting that because they didn’t do any of the class work and I know they got maybe a B on the midterm.

We just took this term’s midterm and I did worse than I wanted to (a 72%) but I do all my work, come to class, and I think I’ll be ok.

Here are my concerns:
-I’ve never seen curve grading scales used to give a large percentage of a class 100% and I don’t understand the purpose of this. It seems like she picked her favorites who got above an 85% and gave them individually really high grades.

-I know that professors will individually curve grades at the end for circumstantial reasons like a student who worked really hard but maybe doesn’t test well or something in their life personally happened. But to hear that a student literally didn’t do an entire portion of work that is meant to demonstrate an important piece of our class (lab skills and comprehension), and was given the same grade as me and they even said they didn’t feel like they deserved it feels like favoritism.

-I studied pretty hard for our current midterm and I knew all the short answer really really well and felt super confident after the test about the second half of short answer questions. I’m not great at multiple choice (and I’m having some medical issues come up right now), and it’s possible that was the dying part of my grade. I haven’t the exam yet so idk where I got points off.

-my concern now is on both ends of the spectrum (good grades and bad grades) I’m not receiving any curves while others around me seem to be getting arbitrary curves and potentially unnecessary ones. And no one who has received a curve has even hinted at it being for personal reasons like a death of loved one and unable to complete all the work or any other reason.

Does this sound like potential academic favoritism? I understand curving an entire class for compensation but that doesn’t seem to be the pattern here. Our teacher also hasn’t shared her curve metrics at all and I kind of assumed there wouldn’t be curves since it’s a lower level class. Would love any and all respectful feedback.

Anyone know if the PCC Chem 241 transfers over to cover the chem 331 or 334 classes at PSU? The biology major requires one organic chemistry class but the numbers do not match and that makes me nervous to enroll in it at PCC.