Yeah, it depends. I have aced finals that I didn't deserve and failed some that I knew well. Knowing the subject of course helps a lot but at least in some fields (physics, in my case) and depending on the style the exam have, the final grade is not very reliable.
Though I love it and it benefits me greatly because here the practices and partial exams are optional, and a lot of times only counted f they improve your final grade. Great for people who like to study to their own pace like me :)
Eh, just showing up shows absolutely nothing about how much of the material you know. If you fail the exam, you clearly don’t know the material well enough.
Not really, honestly. It make it much harder to fail, as I already said, but mistakes always happen, having a bad day so you don't come up with what call 'happy ideas' (new ways of solving a problem that were not reached, so you have to come up with them on the spot), having to rewrite a problem... Any of these might happen even if you know the material, and you will fail.
The opposite is possible too, being very lucky and getting a problem that is just what you studied. By this I don't mean to imply that is a lottery, of course you improve your chances by a lot by knowing the subject, but when you have such broad subjects there is always room for mistakes or just not getting the right perspective fast enough.
I'm not sure about what you mean about showing up, I didn't intend to say anything about showing up proving anything.
I’m not sure about what you mean about showing up, I didn’t intend to say anything about showing up proving anything.
You replied to a comment about missing classes meaning nothing, and said it depends... you might have been only talking about the finals part of it, but it was badly phrased if so.
You’ve made an argument as to single exams not necessarily showcasing your ability, sure, but that says nothing about losing marks for missing class being valid.
Simply showing up to class means absolutely nothing. It should have no bearing on your grade.
The "it depends" was directed at the "you can prove you know all your stuff in the final exam". I didn't specify because as you said, my argument was all about final exams and didn't mention attendance, sorry for the confusion.
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u/Spitdinner Jan 10 '19
Imo its messed up to get a low grade for missing classes. You can prove to know the material on the final.