tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5690692946182516691..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: This about says it all...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7697998857502667542013-05-18T16:50:12.336-04:002013-05-18T16:50:12.336-04:00The situations I referred to in my earlier comment...The situations I referred to in my earlier comment were for technical courses. The most complex math involved either trig or quadratic equations. Those students who miraculously passed those courses after obviously failing them clearly demonstrated that they couldn't handle simple algebra or, often, use proper trig identities.<br /><br />Now here's a scary thought for you. Someone gets, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84554907113548805772013-05-18T07:37:35.646-04:002013-05-18T07:37:35.646-04:00I am so glad that I teach math. I am so glad that I teach math. Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37224699477081088122013-05-17T23:41:18.450-04:002013-05-17T23:41:18.450-04:00I've had something worse than that happen to m...I've had something worse than that happen to me.<br /><br />In a number of my courses, I had students who failed but whose grades qualified them to write supplemental exams. Few of them ever requested to write the exam and, mysteriously, managed to pass.<br /><br />Clearly, someone higher up had deliberately changed the grades I submitted. Those students earned, say, 40% and still got full Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51314747822775488502013-05-17T18:35:51.652-04:002013-05-17T18:35:51.652-04:00Original link source: http://www.smbc-comics.com/...Original link source: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2976<br /><br />Also try putting your cursor over the red circle at the bottom.The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58644107378566249902013-05-17T17:29:16.273-04:002013-05-17T17:29:16.273-04:00Must . . . control . . . fist . . . of . . . death...Must . . . control . . . fist . . . of . . . death!Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005657976057072299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64388691573283879832013-05-17T17:04:39.961-04:002013-05-17T17:04:39.961-04:00Never mind helping the student, this is the quicke...Never mind helping the student, this is the quickest way to transform hir deficiencies into the next person's problem (which, of course, is probably why the student is struggling in the first place). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5860130460567011652013-05-17T16:46:53.397-04:002013-05-17T16:46:53.397-04:00Our whole Tutoring and Mentoring Office seems to o...Our whole Tutoring and Mentoring Office seems to operate on this premise.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67235432268600033932013-05-17T15:07:35.661-04:002013-05-17T15:07:35.661-04:00Any ammo we have left over from Walt's fratern...Any ammo we have left over from Walt's fraternity tour will be deposited in this guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com