The day before yesterday my assistant sent me the grades for the exam my students took a couple of weeks ago. It turned out that only 25% of the students that took the exam managed to pass it. This is not only their problem (as you would expect), but also mine. Unfortunately I can't afford to have 75% of the students fail the exam. So I did something that only a year ago I swore I'd never do: give extra marks. Every student got some extra points for free. Just like that. The average is still very low, but the situation is no longer dramatic.
As I love my research field, I do find it a pitty the students still hardly know anything about it, even after sitting through my lectures, making two assignments and taking the exam. Quite discouraging sometimes.
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