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Good evening fellow classmates this is Josh Thomas of your class Math 141 with Instructor Mr. Carl Libis
The soul purpose of this petition is to show the Dean that you [the student] received a grade on a quiz, participation that you did not deserve. This will also show the Dean that this is a problem among all the students.
The goal is to have either some or all of your course work RE-EVALUATED by another [not Carl Libis] qualified instructor. This is to insure you had an equal opportunity to receive a pass grade or higher; to ensure all points were not over looked. (understand that if re-evaluated you could potentially receive a lower grade for mistakes not caught by Mr. Libis)
**this petition is not to insult or humiliate the instructor and is meant to show a problem In the course**
if you felt like the course Math 141 7982 "instructed" by Mr. Carl Libis did not meet your exceptions for the class listed in the syllabus at UMUC because of the following:
1. graded unfairly
2. graded upon a personal bias
3. did not respond to your question at all, or not within 24hr, or answered your question vaguely. Which resulted in you being confused and leading to more questions. [all of the above]
4. did not communicate professionally
5. Instructor did not provide constructive feedback
6. over all failed his duties to the students in instructing Math 141 (Calculus II)
Please sign the petition to ensure your voice is heard and you are provided with the equal opportunity that you paid for.
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The discussion grades are absolutely wrong. Vague, no guidlines and considered late if turned in before the assigned closing date. Should show the due date that's accurate with discussions, not a week later.
The participation policy was unclear at the beginning of class and when I did write comments on problems I was told that my comments were "unhelpful". I'm not sure what a "helpful" comment is in calculus. I messaged him asking about a question on a quiz after it was graded and he replied in a condescending tone. The final exam consisted of 80% of the last weeks problems and they were the hardest to digest by far. This was the worst class that I have taken at UMUC and I will surely never take a class with him again. Look at ratemyprofessor.com and you'll see multiple ratings over the years saying the same thing that students in this class have said.
I feel like I spent most of my time self-teaching myself from sources not provided by UMUC (teacher or material) because the material of the class was simply not in depth enough and the teacher was practically non existent. I feel like the grades I received on the quizzes are "fair" per say, but my discussion grades are hard to justify from the standards we were given.
I understand online classes can be difficult, especially in upper level math courses. However, this class was not instructed but facilitated and basically learn on your own. It was no different than me going to educational sites (Khan Academy, YouTube) and learning on my own while not having to pay the high fees. What made it worse was the delay in getting graded work back to me which was the day before the next assignment was due. So I really had no visibility of what I was doing wrong and it just had a snowball effect. I saw no reason to take the final as I already know I will not be passing this course and will have to retake it, probably at another institution. The instructors should have some sort of online sessions to provide lessons or help on the problems. Definitely not worth my investment in time and money.
Not much instruction. Was hard to comprehend.
I didn't understand the participation policy at all. It wasn't voiced well and should have been talked about better. These grades are ridiculous.
Little or no feedback with grading. Instructions were poorly presented. Final exam contains 80% of the materials student had trouble comprehending. Not enough material..
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Good evening fellow classmates this is Josh Thomas of your class Math 141 with Instructor Mr. Carl Libis
The soul purpose of this petition is to show the Dean that you [the student] received a grade on a quiz, participation that you did not deserve. This will also show the Dean that this is a problem among all the students.
The goal is to have either some or all of your course work RE-EVALUATED by another [not Carl Libis] qualified instructor. This is to insure you had an equal opportunity to receive a pass grade or higher; to ensure all points were not over looked. (understand that if re-evaluated you could potentially receive a lower grade for mistakes not caught by Mr. Libis)
**this petition is not to insult or humiliate the instructor and is meant to show a problem In the course**
if you felt like the course Math 141 7982 "instructed" by Mr. Carl Libis did not meet your exceptions for the class listed in the syllabus at UMUC because of the following:
1. graded unfairly
2. graded upon a personal bias
3. did not respond to your question at all, or not within 24hr, or answered your question vaguely. Which resulted in you being confused and leading to more questions. [all of the above]
4. did not communicate professionally
5. Instructor did not provide constructive feedback
6. over all failed his duties to the students in instructing Math 141 (Calculus II)
Please sign the petition to ensure your voice is heard and you are provided with the equal opportunity that you paid for.
10 Comments
I felt the participation went away from the syllabus and because of that had personal bias involved as to what counts as participation and what does not. This resulted in confusion and a lesser understanding on how to perform calculus.
The discussion grades are absolutely wrong. Vague, no guidlines and considered late if turned in before the assigned closing date. Should show the due date that's accurate with discussions, not a week later.
The participation policy was unclear at the beginning of class and when I did write comments on problems I was told that my comments were "unhelpful". I'm not sure what a "helpful" comment is in calculus. I messaged him asking about a question on a quiz after it was graded and he replied in a condescending tone. The final exam consisted of 80% of the last weeks problems and they were the hardest to digest by far. This was the worst class that I have taken at UMUC and I will surely never take a class with him again. Look at ratemyprofessor.com and you'll see multiple ratings over the years saying the same thing that students in this class have said.
I feel like I spent most of my time self-teaching myself from sources not provided by UMUC (teacher or material) because the material of the class was simply not in depth enough and the teacher was practically non existent. I feel like the grades I received on the quizzes are "fair" per say, but my discussion grades are hard to justify from the standards we were given.
I understand online classes can be difficult, especially in upper level math courses. However, this class was not instructed but facilitated and basically learn on your own. It was no different than me going to educational sites (Khan Academy, YouTube) and learning on my own while not having to pay the high fees. What made it worse was the delay in getting graded work back to me which was the day before the next assignment was due. So I really had no visibility of what I was doing wrong and it just had a snowball effect. I saw no reason to take the final as I already know I will not be passing this course and will have to retake it, probably at another institution. The instructors should have some sort of online sessions to provide lessons or help on the problems. Definitely not worth my investment in time and money.
Not much instruction. Was hard to comprehend.
I didn't understand the participation policy at all. It wasn't voiced well and should have been talked about better. These grades are ridiculous.
Little or no feedback with grading. Instructions were poorly presented. Final exam contains 80% of the materials student had trouble comprehending. Not enough material..
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I felt the participation went away from the syllabus and because of that had personal bias involved as to what counts as participation and what does not. This resulted in confusion and a lesser understanding on how to perform calculus.