tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8150548966024822774..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Didn't You Know? Proffies Are Supposed To Have Infinite Memory!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50576715321885655142012-03-29T22:20:31.298-04:002012-03-29T22:20:31.298-04:00"I need to know how you write before I can te..."I need to know how you write before I can tell you how to improve. Once again, where is your paper."Vanfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190780610489813493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63475799845013289922012-03-29T17:59:53.219-04:002012-03-29T17:59:53.219-04:00"Write a better paper.""Write a better paper."Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34329273210600626542012-03-29T17:20:37.245-04:002012-03-29T17:20:37.245-04:00How about delegating? Those discovery tasks can a...How about delegating? Those discovery tasks can and probably should be bounced straight back to the student with a cut and paste stock email response.<br /><br />If you run rigidly to a syllabus in all courses, the stock response could even just be "This information is listed on the syllabus."Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152778218277191283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58973837426934879772012-03-29T10:31:18.335-04:002012-03-29T10:31:18.335-04:00"You're in college to learn, and you'..."You're in college to learn, and you're already learning valuable stuff. Stuff you won't get graded on.<br />1. Your parents got it wrong, or deliberately lied to you. The universe doesn't revolve around you or your feelings.<br /><br />2. Life is not fair. Not everything you say or do is a gem to be cherished and preserved.<br /><br />3. Approval from people in Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29969252825915613272012-03-29T09:18:56.064-04:002012-03-29T09:18:56.064-04:00"Write a better paper."
"Drop this..."Write a better paper."<br /><br />"Drop this class and retake it with one of my pushover colleagues. They serve cookies in class too."<br /><br />"Retake this class in a few years. By then, my standards will have declined to the point that your current paper will earn an A."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26049705046451945922012-03-29T03:57:42.107-04:002012-03-29T03:57:42.107-04:00"Pay me $100"
"Really?!?!"
&..."Pay me $100"<br /><br />"Really?!?!"<br /><br />"No...enjoy your B+"InvertedSquarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704558162599421719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18871303976192525342012-03-29T03:16:52.433-04:002012-03-29T03:16:52.433-04:00Wait, do you allow rewrites? How else is s/he goin...Wait, do you allow rewrites? How else is s/he going to "make it an 'A'"?<br /><br />Unless s/he is expecting a universal answer for all future papers. Preferably something along the lines of "use the word 'therefore' once per paragraph."Matilda (who told lies)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16855283684379312888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83797841185731778992012-03-29T02:14:57.921-04:002012-03-29T02:14:57.921-04:00I have to reach that level of efficiency. At my pr...I have to reach that level of efficiency. At my present level of comments on papers, I could not read 152 papers in a week and still eat and sleep. I guess it depends on the paper. Little two-page position papers or something, perhaps.<br />In the brick-and-mortar world at least you have a good chance of recalling which class the student is in. I get e-mails that ask, "When is the assignmentAdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90861927192154956372012-03-29T00:53:26.305-04:002012-03-29T00:53:26.305-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.InvertedSquarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704558162599421719noreply@blogger.com