Dear Students,

Thanks for a great semester. I hope you learned a lot about our topic and
about computers, programming, and computing science.

I am starting to get notes from students asking questions about their
semester grade. Before you write to ask how I arrived at your grade,
please read the following:

1) Do not beg for a higher grade. Do not ask me to move the grade
  cutoffs. Do not ask for an extra credit project to bring up your
  grade.

2) It is possible that there are mistakes in the data I used to
  compute your grade, or even in the calculation itself (shown
  later). If you CHECK SAKAI and find a mistake in the records,
  FIRST perform the grade calculation yourself (see syllabus) and see if
  the correction will make a difference in your grade. If it will not
  make a difference, there isn't much point in sending it to me.

  Please do not ask me to look up your data on Sakai.

  If you think a project or lab grade is missing, please write an
  email to both your TA and to me and we will look into it. Please
  note whether you have a graded paper copy. 

  If you think I have made a calculation error, please send YOUR
  version of the calculation using the numbers from Sakai.

Have a great break!