tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post475398395862941344..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Just SayingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27378128166244543172013-05-17T11:37:17.405-04:002013-05-17T11:37:17.405-04:00I dislike MLA because I find the inline citations ...I dislike MLA because I find the inline citations awkward and distracting. And CMS footnotes allow room for discussion of side issues and for the author to make comments. Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5767719324953415602013-05-16T17:29:18.447-04:002013-05-16T17:29:18.447-04:00MLA no longer requires the URL, perhaps for the re...MLA no longer requires the URL, perhaps for the reason you cite, though the database should be listed. I hate CMS, but that's probably because I teach MLA, and when a journal requires CMS I have to go back in and teach myself.<br /><br />Good luck!BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56205089160902828482013-05-16T11:26:35.560-04:002013-05-16T11:26:35.560-04:00I will add that website requirement. I may limit ...I will add that website requirement. I may limit it to one (1). <br /><br />We use Chicago style footnotes which I much, much prefer to MLA. Alas, the proper Chicago style now requires (according to some guides) that you list the url for a journal article if the student found it in a database like jstor. ARGH. That really clogs up the footnotes. Who cares if you found the journal in jstor, Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27462986260290545142013-05-16T10:03:16.134-04:002013-05-16T10:03:16.134-04:00O my dear and fluffy lord, do I feel your pain...D...O my dear and fluffy lord, do I feel your pain...Despite showing them how to use the library (we go there) and the electronic databases (O Ebscohost! O LexisNexis Academic! O CQ Researcher!) and how to use NoodleTools (the full version, which my uni pays for), they still rely on the Intertubez. I have a rule, implemented a few years ago, that on their final research project, no more than TWO BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38206321071824674252013-05-16T08:20:43.081-04:002013-05-16T08:20:43.081-04:00A moment of playing Flakes' Advocate, such sit...A moment of playing Flakes' Advocate, such sites would be appropriate if one was writing on how <b>not</b> to properly source a scholarly paper. <br /><br />As sad as the reality of students' accepting such sites uncritically as legitimate information, the trend I'm seeing from the "It was on the Interwebz, so it must be true" mindset are the number of citation of Aware and Scaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700345349806280657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22667877536996201992013-05-15T21:15:08.173-04:002013-05-15T21:15:08.173-04:00I know what you're sayin'
http://www.yout...I know what you're sayin'<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhCP-kosJKgProf Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12074275326142142142013-05-15T21:09:01.521-04:002013-05-15T21:09:01.521-04:00Similarly, writing a methodology paper about radio...Similarly, writing a methodology paper about radiocarbon dating using creationist websites is also not a good idea - it is NOT "the greatest pack of lies and hoax ever perpetrated on society, ever!"Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87195632011418885222013-05-15T21:05:54.928-04:002013-05-15T21:05:54.928-04:00Brilliant. That saved you some time.Brilliant. That saved you some time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43586133281502249562013-05-15T20:11:08.662-04:002013-05-15T20:11:08.662-04:00Had 2 students hand in essays on topics that I had...Had 2 students hand in essays on topics that I had assigned last year. FAIL.CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2619662203615162262013-05-15T19:57:20.896-04:002013-05-15T19:57:20.896-04:00OMG I love finals/ papers week on CM.OMG I love finals/ papers week on CM.Polar Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713477095763100821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85905354178028476492013-05-15T19:44:47.216-04:002013-05-15T19:44:47.216-04:00Ugh. But I did the research and all...Ugh. But I did the research and all...The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17107686043157388862013-05-15T17:48:44.541-04:002013-05-15T17:48:44.541-04:00Yah. I had a student turn in a term paper with thr...Yah. I had a student turn in a term paper with three sources, on global warming: two of them by professional deniers, and the other a book written for 8-year-olds.<br /><br />The paper read like it was written by an 8-year-old, so it worked out.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68465810238619511552013-05-15T17:10:38.046-04:002013-05-15T17:10:38.046-04:00Are you sure you're just sayin'? Or are y...Are you sure you're just sayin'? Or are you super saiyan?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRkOdceXZMoEmergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49163514400471027222013-05-15T16:47:39.190-04:002013-05-15T16:47:39.190-04:00But, they were on the internet so they must be tru...But, they were on the internet so they must be true...Walt Lessunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543175448330140638noreply@blogger.com