Enganst

I was reading over the syllabus for my English class and I found something that pissed me off.

"Exams, discussion questions/ responses, and homework will receive a numeric grade, but all papers and presentations will receive a letter grade, the point-value of which is listed below: A 95, A- 92, B+ 88, B 85, B- 82.. F 59"

Did you notice there's no A+ 100 in there? That's because there's no such thing as a perfect paper (or apparently presentation)! There are a 15 point paper and a 15 presentation. So if I get MAXIMUM points on both of those I still automatically still lose .5 points on my FINAL grade. I'm trying my best to salvage points after a horrific test and a misunderstanding of the attendance policy! No, but go ahead and dock any rounding factor I had. Let's all just round down this go around! No, really it's cool! I understand this is how you save English as a language. Lord knows if kids thought they were getting 100 points on their work instead of 95 points, there's be no point to life as we know it all hell would break lose! Bitch, I hope I get the chance to round down you tax return... because, you know, you technically get so much... but... the system probably might have an error in your favor... so we'll fix that for you. Just to make sure you know how the world works. Isn't learning fun?

I think English teachers do the 'no perfect paper' thing in an attempt to pretend that they aren't the ones determining what good English is. Like there's some all mighty God of English papers that looks down when they leave a stack on the alter at sunset and etches red letter grades in lighting bolts down from heaven as a form of judgement. 'I can't say that your paper is perfect', they're saying, 'because in the grand scheme of things no English paper is really PERFECT.'
Bitch, in the grande scheme of things, when I sign up for this class, I'm promised an OPPORTUNITY to score 100 out of 100 possible points. I know you grade the paper and you personal opinion may resonate with some techniques more than others. I'm writing a paper for your class to be read by you. If you feel like I deserve full credit for fully completing an assignment then I deserve full fucking credit!!