tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3546669270585078370..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Hungry Hungry Hippocampus Sends In A Big Thirsty On The Never Ending Journey to the Unbeatable Syllabus.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15410579383689835342015-01-10T10:19:57.260-05:002015-01-10T10:19:57.260-05:00My addition this term is that they're responsi...My addition this term is that they're responsible for checking their own plagiarism-checker results, and for fixing/asking questions about any problems, whether or not I notice the problems. Ideally, I'd be checking all of the results myself, but (1) there's a benefit to having them run more things through the the plagiarism checker than I can realistically check myself (given the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38652262735341983492015-01-10T10:12:36.031-05:002015-01-10T10:12:36.031-05:00I like that one. Maybe you need a t-shirt, or a b...I like that one. Maybe you need a t-shirt, or a button?Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15678965456086945292015-01-10T10:11:33.814-05:002015-01-10T10:11:33.814-05:00I'm going somewhat in the opposite direction: ...I'm going somewhat in the opposite direction: I encourage students who are having real struggles with paraphrasing difficult material (often L2 -- or 3 or 4 -- learners) to quote more than is ideal, while making it clear that the amount *is* more than ideal, and will incur a grade penalty, but avoid plagiarism, which is a more serious problem. Maybe I'm shirking my responsibility to pushContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3780583731854365822015-01-09T21:05:11.322-05:002015-01-09T21:05:11.322-05:00My syllabus has stabilized: two pages in Word, jus...My syllabus has stabilized: two pages in Word, just basic course and grading policies. If anything, I made it shorter this semester. Students in my classes have more to worry about, and they realize an attempt to find holes in the syllabus would go nowhere. Somehow they get that vibe from me early on, so there are never complaints, either. <br /><br />On the other hand...I'm not even Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17256716608675158842015-01-08T23:35:32.125-05:002015-01-08T23:35:32.125-05:001. "Students must be physically present in cl...1. "Students must be physically present in class for attendance to count." I had some students trying to FaceTime or Skype in last quarter. Their friends would connect with them and they'd attempt to participate in class discussion electronically. This was not for any special circumstances. They didn't want to leave their dorm room in the rain.<br /><br />I did have one kid onceThe Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34062184147831329252015-01-08T20:31:28.510-05:002015-01-08T20:31:28.510-05:00I teach high school, but I do have a syllabus. Aft...I teach high school, but I do have a syllabus. After this semester, I'm adding a line that You can not eat or drink anything in class, and if you have a documented medical need, then your food/drink must be consumed outside.<br /><br />I WANT to add (after today's incident), a line about not consuming food or drink from others, especially if you don't know what it is. YUCK.<br /><br /watercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592663814187083645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35387724935229498592015-01-08T19:06:30.728-05:002015-01-08T19:06:30.728-05:00Nothing happened last semester to make me add anot...Nothing happened last semester to make me add another clause to my syllabus, but I wish I could add this, from a magnet I bought in the Alcatraz (former prison) gift shop:<br /><br />"Regulation # 23. If you make GROUNDLESS COMPLAINTS for the purpose of creating dissatisfaction and/or stirring up trouble . . . you will be subject to DISCIPLINARY ACTION."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73339733281722453952015-01-08T18:58:34.404-05:002015-01-08T18:58:34.404-05:00Oh, plus my 2 page limit on particular papers has ...Oh, plus my 2 page limit on particular papers has been amended to "no more than 1000 words" after a particularly bitter issue with a paper submitted in 8 point type face and.9 line spacing. Syllabus had other specs re: type face and spacing but he/she, by God, got the 2 page limit. <br /><br />And, not surprisingly, the extra words in that paper did not help one bit. Prof Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217936415069624428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34819179852535388572015-01-08T18:55:13.868-05:002015-01-08T18:55:13.868-05:00I've gotten to the point where I require that ...I've gotten to the point where I require that students not use any direct quotes whatsoever. Syllabus requires that all text must be their own words. Even if it is properly cited and in quotation marks, it still loses 5% of paper value - and gets much worse from there. Just tired of fighting the "I didn't know how to do this" argument.... Prof Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217936415069624428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23456725792366520562015-01-08T18:49:49.623-05:002015-01-08T18:49:49.623-05:00a reader sends this in:
My newest addition this t...<i>a reader sends this in:</i><br /><br />My newest addition this term is the following:<br /> <br />If you miss a lecture, it is not an Instructor’s responsibility to repeat the complete lecture to you. The steps to get caught-up are as follows:<br /><br />Confer with a classmate and: 1) Get a copy of the lecture notes, and 2) Get a briefing from that classmate on what transpired in class.<br /College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82241537039498897292015-01-08T11:40:08.162-05:002015-01-08T11:40:08.162-05:00I can't find my tweet at the moment, but I bri...I can't find my tweet at the moment, but I briefly considered adding something like "Your instructor is a human being. Please adjust your expectations accordingly." Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85792545010241351062015-01-08T09:26:21.116-05:002015-01-08T09:26:21.116-05:00Jeez Louise, where to start with this one. This se...Jeez Louise, where to start with this one. This semester, some little shit in the upper-level Observational Astronomy class who wants to become a patent lawyer is pulling the classic "I DID hand it in" as a computer file on his disk of images when in truth he didn't hand it in at all, so the syllabus has a new line item that in addition to the images on disk, all write-ups must be Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com