Had my last class session of the semester tonight, taking the final in my POSC101 class. Tonight, though, the professor handed back the grade my partner and I got on last week's debate.
Now, a little bit of background. A week before the debate, Dan and I had to meet with the prof, go over our opening argument and our rebuttal with him. We provided our opening argument to the opposition side so they could prepare their rebuttal in advance, and they were supposed to do the same with us. (Yes, one could argue that this whole thing isn't really a debate but a series of speeches, but that's what he wants).
Except, that the opposition never gave us an opening argument to rebut, so we didn't have anything for the professor. When we got our grade today, one of the comments on the preparation (and thus, a reason why it got only a B+) was "Good. No rebuttal outline, though."
Seriously, what the fuck are we supposed to do? Fake it? Make up some outline that has nothing to do with rebutting what they're actually going to say just so we could show him an outline?
He told me, when I contested that portion of the grade, that it was "my responsibility to get it from them," and my complaint that I can't make them give me stuff fell on deaf ears.
Oh, man, I seriously hate this. Now I can totally relate to Mark's rant when he got his debate grade.