tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7097930786373647198..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Would you rather? (Snowflake grading edition)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32043150840239440422012-01-23T10:19:43.863-05:002012-01-23T10:19:43.863-05:00I'm in this camp. Given the options--if I am ...I'm in this camp. Given the options--if I am given options--I'd rather drink.<br /><br />As marking essays isn't optional in my little corner of the Writing for Small Rodents world, I mark them all--as I know you do, too, DIAMC.Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1230011108802941942012-01-23T03:43:56.777-05:002012-01-23T03:43:56.777-05:00It's a deliberately contradictory curse.It's a deliberately contradictory curse.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21701206970646411682012-01-23T03:21:10.624-05:002012-01-23T03:21:10.624-05:00I thought he was dipped in some sort of shellac li...I thought he was dipped in some sort of shellac like George Hamilton, so he was permanently 40-something...Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10086212508928208032012-01-22T22:21:12.414-05:002012-01-22T22:21:12.414-05:00@Strel: Girls started throwing their panties at To...@Strel: Girls started throwing their panties at Tom in 1968. That was over 43 years ago. What did you think was going to happen? Tom could stand to lose the beard, but even so, it beats the alternative. If Janis Joplin were alive today, she'd be dead by now.<br /><br />Besides, I can top that. My girlfriend and I recently found ourselves watching the Lawrence Welk Show. OK, so guest star Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-92151888594698928212012-01-22T21:00:06.685-05:002012-01-22T21:00:06.685-05:00I kinda love that you tagged this "absinthe.&...I kinda love that you tagged this "absinthe."My Little Proffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843685528001871813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72441614173761063312012-01-22T16:08:29.202-05:002012-01-22T16:08:29.202-05:00Just as my students do when offered choices, I wil...Just as my students do when offered choices, I will avoid any and all of those choices, and come up with my own answer: DRINK HEAVILY!Professor Tergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812511871444250781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31392003056630667832012-01-22T11:54:02.176-05:002012-01-22T11:54:02.176-05:00Absolutely, though you can't rule out a find-a...Absolutely, though you can't rule out a find-and-replace accident until you've done some digging. I once got a paper in which one consonant was missing from the entire text, except where spellcheck had put it.... sometimes the technology gets the better of themAhistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23922370300581859002012-01-22T11:38:55.423-05:002012-01-22T11:38:55.423-05:00The passive voice is avoided in many journals: htt...The passive voice is avoided in many journals: http://allendowney.com/essays/passive.htmlHPPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11927706471904009157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87155999504751528102012-01-22T11:29:16.734-05:002012-01-22T11:29:16.734-05:00I would choose the paper which was written in the ...I would choose the paper which was written in the passive voice. The use of passive voice is the way all scientific papers are written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67943434027974843632012-01-22T09:57:41.102-05:002012-01-22T09:57:41.102-05:00The one which bears no resemblance to the assignme...The one which bears no resemblance to the assignment would at least be quick. "This does not answer the assignment. F." Moving on. :)Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34874825292036817632012-01-22T08:30:40.438-05:002012-01-22T08:30:40.438-05:00If you're going to use Johnny Cash for evil, h...If you're going to use Johnny Cash for evil, he should be flipping off the College Board, too. High school students write like that because f**king AP tests demand it.<br /><br />And smart girls pretending to be dumb because they can't find a way to reconcile their intelligence with their social aspirations? I'm surprised when I see that in tenth graders.Surly Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057191570792423261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36030027924225089402012-01-22T06:28:29.721-05:002012-01-22T06:28:29.721-05:00I did not think the Soviets believed in Christ.......I did not think the Soviets believed in Christ....<br /><br />I'd take the cute little colon for i's kid. Annoying, YES, but less so than the others. And I'd take off five points for the colon's for i's, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63926017183520094762012-01-22T06:15:43.948-05:002012-01-22T06:15:43.948-05:00(BTW, that ad on the side with the grey-bearded ol...(BTW, that ad on the side with the grey-bearded old man?<br /><br />That's motherfuckin' TOM JONES.<br /><br />Sweet Soviet Christ has he aged....)Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84629833458588477872012-01-22T06:13:42.328-05:002012-01-22T06:13:42.328-05:00I'd grade them all, then find out where their ...I'd grade them all, then find out where their parents live and mail pipe bombs to their houses.<br /><br />Excuse me, I need to go out dynamite fishing...Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50126196436393590872012-01-22T06:09:13.665-05:002012-01-22T06:09:13.665-05:00That third one smells like an attempt to get past ...That third one smells like an attempt to get past plagiarism detection software to me.Robin Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279300747434403947noreply@blogger.com