tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7059209541630777734..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Speedy Rant: Copy Machine Operator ErrorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21854393022601359792013-03-24T13:05:41.531-04:002013-03-24T13:05:41.531-04:00Can I take them to task for giving me a perpetual ...Can I take them to task for giving me a perpetual migraine?The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46849022084658710622013-03-24T13:04:40.417-04:002013-03-24T13:04:40.417-04:00Actually, our copier senses the papers in the Bypa...Actually, our copier senses the papers in the Bypass Tray and automatically selects that option. The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62855258917326990462013-03-23T21:21:15.938-04:002013-03-23T21:21:15.938-04:00Cynic, along with placing the paper in the Bypass ...Cynic, along with placing the paper in the Bypass Tray he also has to choose that option on the Control Panel. That may be the part he hasn't figured out yet.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91346176048255334722013-03-22T22:47:52.284-04:002013-03-22T22:47:52.284-04:00I was severely taken to task by a student with mig...I was severely taken to task by a student with migraines for using colored paper in the way that Darla does, for Really Important Handouts. Okay, then.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84433238728877675032013-03-22T20:21:48.132-04:002013-03-22T20:21:48.132-04:00Oh, this particular professor is guilty of those o...Oh, this particular professor is guilty of those offenses, too, but the color paper one is the one that bugged me yesterday. The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84210742042374553722013-03-22T20:20:36.173-04:002013-03-22T20:20:36.173-04:00To clarify: I don't care if people want to use...To clarify: I don't care if people want to use color paper as long as they don't leave it in the copier for me to copy things. Our copier doubles as our printer, and we only have one functioning drawer (something's broken in the second drawer, so it jams from that one). When we are up for new equipment, I'm requesting a four-drawer copier so we can designate one a "colorful&The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2453717981499014262013-03-22T20:18:19.097-04:002013-03-22T20:18:19.097-04:00Ah, said colleague refuses to use our LMS, so no o...Ah, said colleague refuses to use our LMS, so no online posting is done. Ever. The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74274842680080034342013-03-22T19:36:49.728-04:002013-03-22T19:36:49.728-04:00I teach high school, and I always have 2 versions ...I teach high school, and I always have 2 versions of each test, printed on different colors of paper, with the same questions but with the answers in different orders. On the essay portions of my test, I either rearrange the questions, or use a different graphic for them to analyze. It takes me maybe 10 minutes to rearrange the test. <br /><br />And every year I get some students who copy from watercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592663814187083645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50730833827902312382013-03-22T18:08:55.045-04:002013-03-22T18:08:55.045-04:00This is brilliant (in the metaphorical as well as ...This is brilliant (in the metaphorical as well as the literal sense). I can also imagine printing the same test on 2-3 non-random colors, and carefully distributing them so that adjacent students get different colors. A bit fiddly, but considerably less work than actually writing more than one test (and dealing with the complaints that the versions weren't equally hard, though it would be Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14105596647234653492013-03-22T13:27:27.759-04:002013-03-22T13:27:27.759-04:00Photocopying the handouts and then posting them on...Photocopying the handouts and then posting them online? Why not just post them online? Sounds to me like your colleague is creating way too much work for hirself.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69082330713673180422013-03-22T10:55:18.791-04:002013-03-22T10:55:18.791-04:00I have often thought of doing this, but then I hav...I have often thought of doing this, but then I have to load colored paper. We do not have a tray of random colors. But handing out exams printed on random colors would be a riot!Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8218195177210691192013-03-22T10:11:52.600-04:002013-03-22T10:11:52.600-04:00Oh I hate to say this, but I occasionally use colo...Oh I hate to say this, but I occasionally use colored paper, especially when I have something I don't want students to lose. I say, "Look, you're getting something on goldenrod today. Don't lose it. It ain't your History proffie's handout on treaties. THIS is really important." (That's a joke. One of my colleagues teaches History and recently started reading the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6440748945804879622013-03-22T08:23:46.508-04:002013-03-22T08:23:46.508-04:00Love this. Maybe I'll do this on the final... ...Love this. Maybe I'll do this on the final... random colored paper.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62783487420709911052013-03-22T07:51:31.132-04:002013-03-22T07:51:31.132-04:00Copy Machine meddlers belong one ring higher in he...Copy Machine meddlers belong one ring higher in hell than those who were messing with the Academic's coffee the other day.<br /><br />I can't quite relate the severity of the crimes: one is against personal goods; the other committed on public ground.<br /><br />At least Herr Docktor Fancy-Paper didn't (1) leave the copier sans all paper altogether or (2) use up all the toner and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57923046863313862322013-03-22T06:51:46.977-04:002013-03-22T06:51:46.977-04:00I hear you Cynic, though you may be missing out on...I hear you Cynic, though you may be missing out on some fun. Our copier has a dedicated colored-paper drawer, and we all just pile whatever color we want on top of what's already in there. Sometimes I don't even look in the drawer, I just hit the "color" button like I'm pulling the arm on a slot machine. Then I haul the crazy rainbow pile to class to administer a test and Surly Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057191570792423261noreply@blogger.com