So I graded (all but one of) the midterms last night. The grades ranged from abyssmal (35) to spectacular (94), although nothing was too unexpected. But, being the generous guy I am, I am offering them a chance to get back points, by doing the following two things. First, they can get back all of their lost points on the multiple choice problems if they explain in detail why the right answers were right and the wrong were wrong. Then, unless they made a stupid mistake that only cost them a point or two on a problem (like a minus sign or a factor of 2 somewhere), they can get back half of their missed points by redoing the wrong problems.
This means that the person who received a 94 can actually get a 99 thanks to only getting wrong answers on the multiple choice (and one stupid mistake that cost him a point on the rest), while the person with the 35 can go all the way up to a 75. I think that's more than fair.
Now this one student has exactly 24 minutes to come to make up the exam.
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