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I apologize in advance that parts of the following document may seem
harsh and unfriendly. This is because I have to state things precisely,
to be completely certain that you understand exactly what are the
requirements of this course.

We need a fair and consistent way of giving a truthful report of
what each of you has learned, and taking account of problems of students
during the semester. There is no completely perfect way of doing this, but we
try to optimize.

Obviously it is in YOUR best interest that everyone, including your future
employers, should know that a student who got a good grade at the Technion
really knows the things that he/she was supposed to learn.      


     HOW WILL YOUR GRADE/MARK/TSIYUN IN INFI 3 BE DETERMINED?

(Americans say "grade", British people and Australians say "mark")

There will be a mid term test (="bachan") (90 minutes) which will
determine 30% of your final mark ("tsiyun MAGEN"). The remaining 70% (or
more) will be determined by the final examination. It will have two
parts, each lasting 90 minutes, with a 20 minute break between them.

    SOME ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT THE BACHAN & EXAMINATION

During each 90 minute session no student will be allowed to leave the
examination room.

(If you have some special problem, e.g. a medical problem, which means
that you may perhaps be unable to stay in the room for 90 minutes, then
you should tell me about it, and provide appropriate documentation, at
least SEVEN DAYS before the date of the bachan or exam, so we can
attempt to find some special solution for you.)

There will be several sets of homework exercises. You are not required
to submit them for grading. (Unfortunately we do not have man/womanpower for
grading.) But you are very strongly advised to solve these exercises.
This can help you get a "tsiyun magen" for homework in the following way:
In both the bachan and the final exam at least one of the questions will be
from the homework exercises, possibly with some small changes. It will be worth
an increased number of points, (i.e. including "bonus" points). Altogether the
highest possible mark for the bachan will be 105% or more. Similarly for the
final exam. Thus your mark for the bachan could in fact contribute even
more than 30% to your final mark.

(I have used similar schemes in the past, and some students actually got
marks higher than 100. I wish you all to know the material well enough
to do as well as this. But I apologise in advance that in such cases I
will only be able to give you an official mark of 100. I will be glad,
if you need it, to write you a letter of reference explaining how and
why your achievement is in fact even better than 100.)

                            MILUIMNIKIM
If you have miluim, first of all, shmor al atzmeykhem! (v'gum al
kulanu!).
If you need me to do something special because you had miluim (see
below) I will need to see the ORIGINAL of your certificate ("tlush")
that you had miluim. Please be sure to show it to me (or meanwhile to
Prof. Mayer-Wolf) BEFORE you give it to Bituach Leumi. Sorry, but I will
NOT accept a photocopy.

Please feel very free to contact me for explanations about
material you have missed. I will give you extra classes/tirgulim if
you wish. (And of course I am willing to answer questions from all students,
regardless of miluim.)

I plan to give a special "moed miluimnikim" for students who had miluimim
on the date of moed alef or moed bet. I will also offer students who had
miluim on the date of the mid term test the option of answering a designated
subset of the questions, during a shorter time period, to get a mark to be
used as their mid term score.

In principle, no other students will be accepted to this moed. In the
past, a small number of students with some very special other problems
have sometimes been permitted to take part in this moed, after explicit
recommendations from the "Yechida l'Kidum Studentim". I wish no one to
have such serious problems.

                  LEARNING DIFFICULTIES (Ha'arakhat Zman)
Both the mid term test and the final examination will be organized to
allow the usual amount of extra time to students who have learning
difficulties. This may perhaps mean that these students in the final
examination may have to arrive and begin writing 15 minutes before other
students. (Details will be announced later.)

To be given this extra time because of learning difficulties you MUST
have the usual appropriate document authorizing this from Dekan Limudey
Hasmakha. We will need to see the original version of it on the day of
the test/exam. In very exceptional cases I may perhaps also allow extra
time to a VERY RECENT new immigrant whose Hebrew is still very very
limited. For that you must speak to me in advance, at least one week
before the test/exam.

       ================ again, Bhatzlakha!! ================