Questions (and Answers?)
Q.
If we missed an exam can that count as our dropped exam, or do we need to take the
universal make-up?
A.
I don't know anything about a "dropped exam." I do not drop an exam grade. There
are four exam grades. Each count 15% of the total (the rest is made up by the
writing assignment and the drill). The universal makeup exam replaces one missed
exam or (if you haven't missed any) the lowest exam grade. So, if you have missed
an exam or done poorly on exam, it would be wise to take the universal make-up.
Q.
Will you be holding another review session before Monday's exam?
A.
Yes. Sunday night at 7:15 in our usual room.
Q.
I was absent on Wednesday last week because I severely cut open my elbow, but I
turned in the paper on Monday. My friend called me on wednesday night asking me
whether the second section on the paper was due that night. He evidently attended
class and told me that no one was quite clear when the second draft should be turned
in, and that everyone was worried that they should have already submitted it. I
called numerous people in the class, and they gave me no answers. I've also checked
your site numerous times, but there is no mention as to its due date, so I assume
you haven't yet decided. If you could answer this question on the Question section I
would greatly appreciate it. Also, if its already needed to have been turned in,
could I please receive an extension as I wasn't able to attend class? I'll show 15
stitches in my elbow as proof.
A.
"No one was quite clear when the second draft should be turned in ..." Right.
Neither am I. I need to find out when the T.A.'s can get phase 1 back to you.
Phase 2 requires you to take into account the comments on your phase 1 submission.
Q.
Do our papers have to be submitted by class time or before midnight tonight?
A.
Before midnight.
Q.
How long does our paper have to be for 20 points? Also do we submit our paper
electronically or do we give it to you in class!?
A.
It is not assigned by length. It is specified by what you are supposed to do. YOu
send it in electronically. See the web page assigning the
paper.
Q.
I'm looking over the course entire web page again just to help me understand the class; I
understand about everything but one thing. On the Course Policies page, you mention a
"scale of determination". What does this mean?
A.
By "scale of determination" I mean the cut off points for letter grades. How many points
do you need to get an A, a B, etc.? So the "scale of determination" is a function from
points to letter grades.
Q.
I've come to every class and I have no idea what you mean by "basic evaluative unit,
and name its basic moral term"...Could you explain what answer you want pertaining
to the question on the study guide about Utilitarinism and Kant's ethical theory?
A.
Yes. For starters, see
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/rlee/intrsp07/oh/normapp.html
Q.
Will you post a review online for our test next week? Also, will there be another
review session like the one you held for the last exam. I found it very
helpful. Thanks!
A.
Yes, and yes. See:
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/rlee/intrsp07/study2.html
and
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/rlee/intrsp07/review.html
Q. If I know every question, or can at least give some semblance of
an answer to every question on the study guide, (which obviously correlate closely
to your lectures) will this guarantee me an A on the test? It would be pointless to
give out a study guide if someone couldn't acquire an A from regurgitating the exact
answers from class to the questions you're asking on it, right? Also, I'm
wondering if you would mind giving us a sample of your Gregorian chant during class.
Preferable live and not previously taped.
A.
"[W]ill this guarantee me an A ..." No, certainly not. Maybe you can give "some
semblance of an answer" but for some reason you don't. Not a guarantee. Even if
you do give "some semblance of an answer," you might get a 0 on the question.
If ask the sum of 3 and
3 (I won't) and you answer "9," you get the answer wrong, even though the numberal
"9" resembles the numeral "6."
Would it be "pointless" to give out a study guide if someone couldn't get a good
grade by "regurgitating the exact answers from class?" I hope not. It is quite
possible (likely, I'd say) that I could ask a question on the exam such that no
verbatim quote from class would be
correct. But if you think the study guide is pointless, you don't need to use it.
No, I won't take up class time in this class singing Gregorian chant. If this were
a music history class, I probably would (and have).
Richard Lee,
rlee@.uark.edu,
last modified: 30 April 2007