tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1910434192425896838..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Stop Making My Job HarderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15637011182104918392011-01-28T18:58:46.380-05:002011-01-28T18:58:46.380-05:00Stop giving extra credit, ever ever EVER.
No more...Stop giving extra credit, ever ever EVER.<br /><br />No more study guides, aside from a list of reading to do, THEMSELVES.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3120263004718677272011-01-28T08:24:18.794-05:002011-01-28T08:24:18.794-05:00I'm ashamed (ASHAMED, I say!), but this semest...I'm ashamed (ASHAMED, I say!), but this semester I added the following to my syllabus: "All papers must be stapled." <br /><br />In the first class a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that my name was not Office Max. So far, I have 100% compliance; just call me Locutus.<br /><br />And... since I see a lot of new grad students, I feel an obligation to have them cite and write properlyDr Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444414777736734711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3969157455511734152011-01-27T23:14:40.895-05:002011-01-27T23:14:40.895-05:00Stop giving them points for "trying really ha...Stop giving them points for "trying really hard" when the quality of the work is poor.Ack-ademichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662600560663571219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91594042537663467122011-01-27T22:58:34.687-05:002011-01-27T22:58:34.687-05:00@Alan: following file type requirements/naming con...@Alan: following file type requirements/naming conventions is definitely the new stapling. I always carried an itty-bitty stapler (in self protection, as I always said -- self protection from being buried in an avalanche of unattached pages, that is), and, now that papers are virtual, I tend to patiently rename/resave their files if I can. Maybe I'm a wuss, but it's quicker than arguingContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3105539453963246962011-01-27T22:57:07.755-05:002011-01-27T22:57:07.755-05:00Stop letting them piss on my office door.Stop letting them piss on my office door.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56560268095717459072011-01-27T18:33:11.580-05:002011-01-27T18:33:11.580-05:00Stop letting them confuse morals and plots with th...Stop letting them confuse morals and plots with themes, and examples with metaphors. I don't want to ever again see a paper that says, "The theme of this story is that you should always be good to your parents," or, "The man wants to eat a hamburger. This is a metaphor for his hunger."<br /><br />And, yes, stop letting them get away with plagiarism because you don't Charlotte Issyvoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081140798331499819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8249546380215390072011-01-27T17:57:50.110-05:002011-01-27T17:57:50.110-05:00I deduct points for lack of staples. One of you r...I deduct points for lack of staples. One of you responded by turning the next one in with 4 staples and an inquiry about extra credit. I laughed heartily. <br /><br />I was a slacker, once, and didn't enforce filename/filetype standards. Never again. In the future, points will be deducted for improper filenames and deviations from accepted file types. I realize you were potty-trained inAlan From Apexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366176105581248496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44597058046595314222011-01-27T17:34:08.515-05:002011-01-27T17:34:08.515-05:00ONe of the accepted nursing exams asks nursing stu...ONe of the accepted nursing exams asks nursing students to know not only the names of elements and their symbols but things like their atomic weights by heart. Memorizing is not useless in their cases, poor things.My Little Proffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843685528001871813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30204181829819045682011-01-27T14:07:49.169-05:002011-01-27T14:07:49.169-05:00I'll cop to having a stapler in the room. But...I'll cop to having a stapler in the room. But I make them staple it and they are actually surprised by this. It's right there, why is this asking so much? wtf? Someone must be doing it for them, or they just have such short attention spans that an hour after one professor declines to staple their work, they're asking another.<br /><br />One kid shoved a messy stack of multiple Wombat of the Copierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847183793780076028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20434718148858019192011-01-27T13:39:35.549-05:002011-01-27T13:39:35.549-05:00@ Ruby: WORD.
Lucy inspired another one (Lucy, so...@ Ruby: WORD.<br /><br />Lucy inspired another one (Lucy, so inspirational, from Ben Jonson to me), which is: don't answer email the second it arrives, especially really late at night, really early in the morning, or on the weekend.WhatLadderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603489349164511704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45323358027838543322011-01-27T13:16:04.555-05:002011-01-27T13:16:04.555-05:00Don't let them think that an essay entitled &q...Don't let them think that an essay entitled "The Day I Was Born" constitutes a research project for an upper-year class.<br /><br />Don't rewrite their work for them. Don't sacrifice your weekends to meet with them so you can rewrite their work for them.<br /><br />Don't let first-years pick the readings.Lucy, Countess of Bedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01079748621632259577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24164998037080348742011-01-27T13:04:47.444-05:002011-01-27T13:04:47.444-05:00And stop letting the plagiarists get away with it ...And stop letting the plagiarists get away with it just because you don't want to take the time to prosecute them.Ruby from Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756121084410280787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63765463610823861102011-01-27T10:21:41.499-05:002011-01-27T10:21:41.499-05:00We teach the "whole student" at my colle...We teach the "whole student" at my college, and I'm really pleased when a freshman is able to share his/her feelings about a text, literary or not. It's the first step toward developing a claim or thesis they can incorporate into a paper.<br /><br />And I have about 6 staplers in my office. I take one to class on days when papers are due. How hard is that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53770272696889522472011-01-27T10:09:08.105-05:002011-01-27T10:09:08.105-05:00And stop allowing them to write about their feelin...And stop allowing them to write about their feelings about literary texts. I don't give a damn about their feelings.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66526824480560856782011-01-27T10:01:09.840-05:002011-01-27T10:01:09.840-05:00Stop letting them them do bullshit work in advance...Stop letting them them do bullshit work in advanced courses. Encouraging them to submit their brain droppings as intellectual work only leads them to think they can get a doctorate too.Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5116470601681355052011-01-27T09:58:47.013-05:002011-01-27T09:58:47.013-05:00I teach a variety of writing assignments, some tha...I teach a variety of writing assignments, some that are rather informal and only give credit through attribution (like popular magazines), and others that require formal documentation through an accepted format (Chicago, for me, APA for others).<br /><br />Students sometimes hear just black and white, however, and if I tell them an assignment is MORE formal, and MORE academic, they wonder where W.T. Pfefferlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522687306482305195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-342760635057460302011-01-27T09:49:07.301-05:002011-01-27T09:49:07.301-05:00Oooh, I have some!
Stop telling them that their f...Oooh, I have some!<br /><br />Stop telling them that their first essays, or essays with only one source, or essays handed in on Wednesdays, don't need correct citation. I don't require citation for my own benefit, but so they get practice and learn to do it correctly. <br /><br />Stop stapling their essays for them. SRSLY. They need to learn to staple their own fucking papers.WhatLadderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603489349164511704noreply@blogger.com