tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2119917631473834006..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I'm Baffled About Tom And His Grandpa.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63124143631041389992012-02-08T14:01:58.449-05:002012-02-08T14:01:58.449-05:00I do what Bella does.
I always tell them that par...I do what Bella does.<br /><br />I always tell them that part of what they're being evaluated on for all their assignments is whether or not they can follow directions. That is actually pretty much the #1 step in evaluating their work: Does it do what the assignment asked? No? If not, then I put my pen down and I don't evaluate it any further.<br /><br />I return it and tell them to redo aemiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773130677505720954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27553754039210746042012-02-08T04:16:30.947-05:002012-02-08T04:16:30.947-05:00I put a zero on top of essays like that, then retu...I put a zero on top of essays like that, then return them with the instruction that they can redo the assignment, properly this time, with a ten point penalty. I give them one week to do it. Fuck 'em if they don't want to follow directions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54412851344209333412012-02-07T22:58:54.223-05:002012-02-07T22:58:54.223-05:00The first assignment for my third year class was t...The first assignment for my third year class was to take method of evaluation X and apply it to text Y.<br /><br />When I opened the papers this weekend the very first one took method of evaluation X and applied it to some other text entirely, which I didn't have a copy of and which was (in any event) inappropriate for the assignment.<br /><br />I stopped grading, checked the assignment Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50195817991151340642012-02-07T22:43:07.642-05:002012-02-07T22:43:07.642-05:00It's an instinctive response ... here in the G...It's an instinctive response ... here in the Great White North most people instinctively say "Sorry" when its the other dude that totally bumped into you [as has been parodied in too many tv skits etc]. I've recently tried hard to cut out the "I'm sorry, but..." - it slows down the start of the conversation, because you have to clearly think about how you're Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74949343725186725702012-02-07T19:42:50.872-05:002012-02-07T19:42:50.872-05:00I had a student who had a short writing assignment...I had a student who had a short writing assignment due last week, he even turned it in early. Then, he asked me afterwards what it was supposed to be about, and I said, "Well, it was compare and contrast ..." and he said, "Oh, I didn't really compare, I just sort of freestyled." <br /><br />Is my assignment a jazz band or a skateboard competition?<br /><br />They make me Girls Are Geekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630505337360921604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58560439453844551732012-02-07T12:20:29.899-05:002012-02-07T12:20:29.899-05:00I second this ...
I had a student in Hamster Car...I second this ... <br /><br />I had a student in Hamster Care & Feeding who had endured some similar care and feeding challenges in while growing up. However, in a graduate level course where the focus is on being able to demonstrate an ability to incorporate current research into Hamster Care & Feeding, retelling your story of personal triumph is irrelevant. <br /><br />After being told Aware and Scaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700345349806280657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83193585823594532362012-02-07T11:40:30.536-05:002012-02-07T11:40:30.536-05:00Hiram, perhaps sharing some of the others' wor...Hiram, perhaps sharing some of the others' work in class would have helped him realize how completely off the topic he was. I suspect he's written about his grandfather's swing before and received accolades for being such a sensitive soul.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79201972466547783802012-02-07T11:39:03.691-05:002012-02-07T11:39:03.691-05:00PS. I have started using: "It's unfortuna...PS. I have started using: "It's unfortunate that you chose to do x instead of y, which was required."The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81195019096100928642012-02-07T11:38:31.643-05:002012-02-07T11:38:31.643-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39293501583252194222012-02-07T11:37:46.756-05:002012-02-07T11:37:46.756-05:00Thanks for the reminder, Greta! I use the qualifie...Thanks for the reminder, Greta! I use the qualifier "I'm sorry, but..." when I'm really NOT, and I am not using it anymore. Instead, I am calling attention to the inappropriate behavior they exhibit as a reason for the lower grade or penalty. That they, it's not a reflection of MY personality or behavior, but of theirs.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35647015101971115842012-02-07T11:00:37.227-05:002012-02-07T11:00:37.227-05:00Greta!
You are right on every count, and I apprec...Greta!<br /><br />You are right on every count, and I appreciate you telling it to me in a way that I really understand.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />HiramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69706869781741964952012-02-07T10:43:05.735-05:002012-02-07T10:43:05.735-05:00Hiram my dear, there's nothing baffling about ...Hiram my dear, there's nothing baffling about his entitlement. It's pervasive. What YY1 said.<br /><br />May I make a gentle suggestion? Please stop telling your students that you feel bad about their grades/scores, if indeed you phrase your feedback that way. I did the same thing for years, but it does three damaging things.<br /><br />First, it gives students the impression that yourGreat Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43088513334678161912012-02-07T10:27:29.419-05:002012-02-07T10:27:29.419-05:00"Grampa sounded like a heck of man. Now make ..."Grampa sounded like a heck of man. Now make him proud by completing your work as assigned."Dr. Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544814759723000405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75952078398724345302012-02-07T09:49:47.961-05:002012-02-07T09:49:47.961-05:00I had a documented ADHD student in a class three y...I had a documented ADHD student in a class three years ago. He was like Tom in some ways, but also oddly confident and imperturbable.<br /><br />He would do the wrong thing every time I assigned something. Sometimes he would just make up an assignment for himself. I kept talking to his academic services person who got more and more tired of me.<br /><br />"Grade what he gives you," she Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83453704004855323102012-02-07T09:38:40.203-05:002012-02-07T09:38:40.203-05:00I feel your pain. I had one of these a few semeste...I feel your pain. I had one of these a few semesters ago, and it was all I could do to conceal my mounting irritation at having to explain the same thing over and over again. That one had an English teacher for a parent, and to have to patiently explain to her why her mother was wrong about something--you'd have thought I was suggesting that the mother had been humping a goat in public.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89526440208117922012012-02-07T09:37:27.543-05:002012-02-07T09:37:27.543-05:00do not be baffled:
"My senior English teach...do not be baffled: <br /><br />"My senior English teacher would have given this an A."YY1https://www.blogger.com/profile/14111109242507435642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73529909943502001922012-02-07T08:02:01.134-05:002012-02-07T08:02:01.134-05:00Ironically, if everything he said was true, he cou...Ironically, if everything he said was true, he could have written an essay arguing that he deserves the label of "good writer". (Apparently, he had his argument all ready.)Dead Prof Walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03962478431744267789noreply@blogger.com