tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6693830987403294828..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: RYS Flashback - 3 Years Ago.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52683352545526902212012-12-09T23:59:14.175-05:002012-12-09T23:59:14.175-05:00"Half of my students come to conferences with..."Half of my students come to conferences with drafts prepared, a set of questions to ask and a clear plan of what is left for them to do."<br /><br />So is the glass half full or half empty?<br /><br />Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73161794138631521742012-12-09T20:30:57.610-05:002012-12-09T20:30:57.610-05:00One of the things that irritated me while I was te...One of the things that irritated me while I was teaching was how some students put in a near-superhuman effort into weaseling marks out of me that they clearly didn't deserve. It would have been easier and taken less time to simply learn the material they were supposed to know in the first place.<br /><br />It also infuriated me how I was expected to spell everything out for the kiddies, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57689349867513046952012-12-09T18:04:09.967-05:002012-12-09T18:04:09.967-05:00"This is in fact, Veronica's 8th absence...."This is in fact, Veronica's 8th absence. Feel free to negotiate all you want Veronica, you are still going to fail."<br /><br />Despite a similar university policy in the catalog, despite my direct quotation of it in my syllabus, and despite absence records in Blackboard that are visible to students, we aren't allowed to enforce the policy unless we personally warned the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37452054241538800402012-12-09T17:15:45.262-05:002012-12-09T17:15:45.262-05:00At least he sent pictures of his paper. I had a d...At least he sent pictures of his paper. I had a dude once who got his face bashed in several hours before an exam, and he sent me pictures of his messed-up mug. Eew. Surly Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057191570792423261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80546340748490098502012-12-09T09:53:30.126-05:002012-12-09T09:53:30.126-05:00At least Richy Rich had the ingenuity to take pict...At least Richy Rich had the ingenuity to take pictures and send them in. I've had students who, when faced with the need to scan a hamster's underbelly and submit the image as a PDF, just crumpled because they didn't have a scanner or "a PDF machine."<br /><br />But here's the real question: Did Richy hold his iPhone level with the paper, or did he take the pic at a Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47801037740934785082012-12-09T09:40:06.118-05:002012-12-09T09:40:06.118-05:00Ah, yes; the idea of "fixing" a grade. F...Ah, yes; the idea of "fixing" a grade. Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately, but, dissatisfied as I am with my salary, I still value a clear conscience), it doesn't seem to refer to "a fix" (i.e., a bribe), but it is an interesting concept: "if I don't have a [insert grade of student's preference here], then something is wrong, and you, the proffie, need to Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com