Kendra Clay

Thanks David, I really like the "I usually include some version of how I want to give everyone an A" idea."

The failure was appropiate. My response to students when this issue was brought up was that I do not fail students but a student fails themselves when they dont meet the requirements of the course.

I had a situation on a new job where, teaching the last class before graduation. The problem was that I had to fail a student in this course. At that point I was suddenly labled as the professor that "failed the senior". The next semester the class I was teaching was so nervous and fearful based on the semester before...how do you go about changing that label? How can you make a good impression when you have already been judged?