[CHM 111] READ IMMEDIATELY

[Andrew J. Pounds]

Class, I have received several e-mails tonight from people not asking
for help -- but asking for extensions on Sapling.  When I opened Sapling
I saw that roughly one third of the class has completed the work for
both Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 with grades of 100.  Only a small number of
you have attempted the Learning Curve exercises.

Here is my my problem, due to the weighting of Sapling, and the fact
that it is due tonight, roughly two thirds of the class could find
themselves in not only with bad grades in Sapling, but bad grades in the
course at midterm because they were ill prepared for the upcoming test.
  I rarely deviate from my schedule because I have to get through all of
the material to prepare you for CHM 112.  However, this situation has me
very concerned because the information in chapter 3 and 4 carry through
the rest of Chemistry.   It really is that important. 

For this ONE TIME - I am going to EXTEND the DUE DATE for Sapling to
SATURDAY NIGHT and move Friday's exam to MONDAY.  That gives you EXTRA
TIME to make sure you know what is going on in Chapters 3 and 4 and seek
out help from the SI, the Academic Resource Center, your friends, and me.

For those that have been working daily progressing through the material
-- you have my thanks; your hard work will pay off.   For those that
haven't even started Sapling, look at this as a reprieve and bullet that
you dodged.

In class on Friday I will push on with Chapter 5. 

 

-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Director of the Computational Science Program
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627

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