Put a fork in me ...

Please note - not on left.

Real student submission to a graduate level discussion forum on wombat development.

Great post! I've encountered a few wombat in my work as a circus clown. I think the brown wombat has more behavioral issues than the grey. What do you think?*

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* OK, no, this is not 100% verbatim but I had to take some liberty in protecting the flakdentity. You can paraphrase 20 words only so much.

(NB: The university-wide rubric dictates that full answers and responses earn equal credit and is clear in requiring current, relevant peer-reviewed articles as the foundation of all work.)


In private comments, I informed Brief Bart that besides his utterly ignoring the university writing standards and the submission being shorter than most traffic signs, any work submitted without so much as one cited source would have difficulty passing muster in an undergraduate never mind graduate level class.

But BB couldn't take the feedback, oh no.

Today on the public "Got a Question?" board:

I read your comments on my recent discussion post. I was relating some personal experience and asking a question. I don't understand your comment about this not being graduate level work. Could you provide some examples of the sort of information you want included?

Oh, forgot to mention ... we're in the middle of the quarter and this is an advanced level, cross-curricular course.

I think I'm done. Burned out to a crisp. Toast.

An Early Thirsty From Fred from Farmington.

Q: Does "behavior" or classroom comportment have any weight in your final grading for a semester? Have you ever used something outside a student's actual assignment or exam work to determine a grade? Can I ask - without revealing too much - if you've ever penalized someone for just being a terrible fucking asshole all semester?

David Brooks Can Suck It

Ah, the New York Times' David Brooks opens his big stupid mouth with yet another pronouncement about higher ed, to wit: Since Bush-era NCLB high stakes testing is working so well in primary and secondary ed, we should have it in college, too. Let's hear it for draconian one-size-fits-all reform!

I can't even begin to express how fucking stupid this idea is. God help us all if it gains traction.

For a nice rebuttal in the Crampicle, read Laurie Essig's post.

Since we're not really about nice rebuttals here in the THUNDERDOME CM, feel free to let fly in the comments. I look forward to hearing what y'all think--unfiltered.