Sophia.org English Composition II -- Grader Experiences

[ashkir]

New strategy...

I published my own opinions on my own website and am referencing it and using it directly.

Hah.

"I don't know if I should bother finishing the last 3 essays or should I just drop it and look elsewhere. If I finish it, I am thinking of asking Sophia to unlock the touchstones and let me resubmit it while directly rewriting to this picky ass professor."
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If you do drop it and pick it up again later you might get another grader. Best of luck to you whatever you decide.

The graders aren't even consistent on Sophia, so it can be a different person each time. Maybe I'll get lucky. I did complain to Sophia learning coach but they obviously don't care.

That's a crazy amount of points to deduct! I am not happy with the grading in English on Sophia. it's VERY inconsistent. I've had the same person grade all of my assignments and she has contradicted herself several times.

This was my entire argument to Sophia via email. Their response was it was justified. I agree one of the things is a C at minimum, but it isn't worth a failing grade.

Sophia grading is very weird. My compare/contrast essay in English Comp 1 was quickly written because I was going through a very hard time mentally and couldn't be bothered. I wrote it in about 15 minutes and the language I used essentially sounded like an 8th grader wrote it. I got very positive feedback and a perfect score.

I went all out on my final argumentative essay. My topic was an argument against corporal punishment of children. My grader seemed to be offended by my essay and overly critical as well as providing feedback that wasn't constructive such as "This doesn't make sense." on sentences that seemed just fine and were cited properly. I'm not the best writer but my scores were all A's up until that point.

I found it hilarious... My narrative essay was completely rushed, 100%. My other essays I spent a great deal of time working on it, failure. My last one I went eh whatever, I don't care... Perfect score lol. English Composition I was rather nice, as it let you resubmit something based upon feedback from the grader!

If English Composition II's grader wishes to be this harsh, they need to allow an immediate system where you can make the corrections the grader asks for and resubmit it. I feel like they get their platforms mixed up. A lot of them allow you to resubmit, Sophia doesn't. You can only resubmit 1 item 1 time per course.

I argued with Sophia that it wasn't constructed criticism, and they disagreed. When I emailed, they broke out my essay in far more detail like a real analysis. But, the actual grader, barely does anything besides going "lol it bad".