How can I (respectfully) ask my professor for a for a few more points?

[phonyreal98]

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Ugh lol. I don't want to derail this thread, cfx. I assumed he had seen it. But yes, my situation is basically identical to the one mentioned by the Poet. I'm sorry if you view it as similar to livelifexlove's, but it is not.

Cliffnotes, poet:

One multiple choice question on test I was upset about. Prof gave credit for the correct answer as well as one of the 4 incorrect answers, justifying it by saying that he never mentioned one of the incorrect answers. in class. I argue with him and he agrees that it's unfair to favor one incorrect multiple-choice answer over another and gives everyone in the class who got it wrong the same amount of points. I also pointed out to him that he deducted 2 points off one of my long answer questions because I left something out, but he and the textbook both taught that it's okay to leave it out if you explain why you're doing it, because the answer is implied. He agreed and gave me the 2 points for it. The end.

Just out of curiosity, could the incorrect answer that was awarded credit have in fact been a correct answer to the question?

 

[LawNonTrad]

Just out of curiosity, could the incorrect answer that was awarded credit have in fact been a correct answer to the question?

Which of the following is a strong acid?

H3PO4
HClO2
HF
All of the above
None of the above.

He set the scantron to state that HClO2 was the correct answer despite the fact that none of the three acids listed above are strong acid. There were only 3 or 4 students in the class who picked the correct answer, none of the above, but there were almost 20 who picked HClO2, so he punched that into the scantron to save himself some work. It was the worst example of grading unfairness that I've ever seen in a classroom. Fortunately he corrected it.

 

[mitchlucker]

seduce him

 

[anfleisch]

I personally think you should need to get a higher grade since you are taking it the second time. If I retook addition from 4th grade right now, I would definitely get an A++.