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« Reply #3360 on: March 11, 2008, 08:18:19 AM » |
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I got one:
No greeting
Is there any way I could get a list of things that I have not turned in for both classes (this one and Grits 300), that it is not too late for me to turn in? I have a feeling the list is a lot longer than I know of, and would hate to recieve a 0 on an assignment if I could avoid it.
I will try to get the Grits in American Novels of the South questions in soon, I did not notice they were due/assigned until I got this email.
Thanks
Clueless
This is what I intend to respond:
Hi Clueless,
You should know what your assignments are from consulting the syllabi, from making a note of what I say in class, from consulting your fellow students, and from consulting emails that I have sent you.
You should also know from my syllabi that I don't accept late work at all for Grits 300 and that for "Grits in American Novels of the South" it has been my practice this semester to start the reduction of the final grade by 25% and to continue reducing each business day by 5%. I began deducting on Monday, as I elected to give student an additional day of 'grace' because of the mid-term.
I encourage you to get the homework in and to do it completely. I will distribute midterm grades for both of your classes by March 24; if you are unsatisfied with your performance, you always have the option of dropping the courses.
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« Reply #3361 on: March 11, 2008, 03:15:14 PM » |
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Why were there questions about Figi and television on the quiz? This wasn't in any of the readings. Syllabus:Week 11, Mar 17-21 Readings for Mon, Mar 17 - Measuring up to Barbie, pgs. 285-297
- Television, Disordered Eating, And Young Women In Fiji. Online on our website (not BB).
Any other questions? This is TOTALLY off topic, but your readings sound great! I have a 4-month-old baby girl and I'm already wondering how to tell relatives, DO NOT buy her any Barbies or slutty-looking Bratz dolls, etc. My daughter is 3 and even though I don't use makeup, have a plain hairdo and wear boring shirts and pants, my daughter loves makeup, nail polish, dresses and dolls. When we are in line at the store or bank, she will start conversations with strangers about their jewelry, nail polish and clothes. Although I hate Barbies and Bratz with a passion, she loves them and I let her grandmothers and aunts buy them for her. It doesn't seem to hurt because she learned the entire alphabet in three days at 18 months and is just beginning to read now. She is also starting to grasp the basics of adding. I never liked dresses or dolls and hated that my mother pushed me toward them, but I don't want to do the same thing to my child by refusing to let her express her personality. I figure that with enough different toys and with enough conversation, she will find her own way of being a woman in this world. |
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« Reply #3362 on: March 11, 2008, 03:58:39 PM » |
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"Which days of the week and at what time will the class XXXX meet online? I would like to enroll if the times do not conflict with my job."
Well, it is an online class....
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« Reply #3363 on: March 11, 2008, 10:16:18 PM » |
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I swear that if I get another email with idk or lol in it I am going to start answering all of their questions in Middle English.
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« Reply #3364 on: March 11, 2008, 10:47:47 PM » |
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I swear that if I get another email with idk or lol in it I am going to start answering all of their questions in Middle English.
I suppose this is how you know you really should be in academia. I read this and thought..."Oh. I'd love to get an e-mail in Middle English." Even though I wouldn't be able to read it. |
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« Reply #3365 on: March 11, 2008, 11:19:28 PM » |
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I swear that if I get another email with idk or lol in it I am going to start answering all of their questions in Middle English.
Hah! lol rotflmao Alan |
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Excuse me... which aisle would I find the unicorns and rainbows? No, Alan is a man among men, striding the Earth like a Colossus with a really big bladder, wearing a tool belt.
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« Reply #3366 on: March 11, 2008, 11:22:31 PM » |
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I swear that if I get another email with idk or lol in it I am going to start answering all of their questions in Middle English.
I suppose this is how you know you really should be in academia. I read this and thought..."Oh. I'd love to get an e-mail in Middle English." Even though I wouldn't be able to read it. You could run it a word at a time through this. Or here, if it's in Old English. |
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« Reply #3367 on: March 11, 2008, 11:30:11 PM » |
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I swear that if I get another email with idk or lol in it I am going to start answering all of their questions in Middle English.
Fabulous ideie! Would it be too immature to say, "I double-dog dare you!" ? <<slinks off to bed>> |
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Fine, fine, but I think that absent-minded crap is bullsh!t and you're really thinking about vampires or that scifi stuff. |
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« Reply #3368 on: March 12, 2008, 07:49:57 AM » |
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I swear that if I get another email with idk or lol in it I am going to start answering all of their questions in Middle English.
I suppose this is how you know you really should be in academia. I read this and thought..."Oh. I'd love to get an e-mail in Middle English." Even though I wouldn't be able to read it. You could run it a word at a time through this. Or here, if it's in Old English. -bookmarks website quickly- |
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« Reply #3369 on: March 12, 2008, 08:57:12 AM » |
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Why were there questions about Figi and television on the quiz? This wasn't in any of the readings. Syllabus:Week 11, Mar 17-21 Readings for Mon, Mar 17 - Measuring up to Barbie, pgs. 285-297
- Television, Disordered Eating, And Young Women In Fiji. Online on our website (not BB).
Any other questions? This is TOTALLY off topic, but your readings sound great! I have a 4-month-old baby girl and I'm already wondering how to tell relatives, DO NOT buy her any Barbies or slutty-looking Bratz dolls, etc. What's to wonder? My family is pretty clear that the rule in our house is no Bratz dolls coming in or going out*. We also don't allow toy guns and a few other select items. I just tell people politely when they ask what to buy for Christmas and birthdays. If someone doesn't get the message and gives us something inappropriate anyway, we'll just thank them for thinking of the child and then give the toy to Goodwill or trash it, as we see fit. That's the plan, anyway; so far the kids are really too small for these things to be much of an issue. We've only had to confiscate one toy gun (and who buys a one-year-old a toy gun, anyway?). *Re: the "going out": I have a niece that aksed me for a Bratz doll at least six times approaching every gift-giving holiday for a two year period. Each time, I said, "No, Kate, Bratz dolls are inappropriately dressed and send a bad message to girls about how they should look." This Christmas, I'm happy to say, she started to recite her gift list to me, started to say "Bra...," then rolled her eyes, and said "Oh, that's right, no Bratz dolls because they send a bad message to girls like me." |
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« Reply #3370 on: March 12, 2008, 09:03:00 AM » |
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My wife and I also refuse to allow our daughter to get slut Bratz dolls. It's not hard, because she doesn't like them anyway. Some Barbie's (not all) are OK, though. With Barbie, it's more a case of the outfits being appropriate. I'm also raising my daughter to know how to do all the typical "man" things (carpentry, auto maintenance, etc.) since "helpless" women (or men) irritate me.
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« Reply #3371 on: March 12, 2008, 10:17:03 AM » |
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I have a niece who never played with Barbies. She has several however. They are the holiday Barbies and they're in a display case.
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« Reply #3372 on: March 12, 2008, 10:41:21 AM » |
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Add me to the no Bratz bench. I'm not dying on the Barbie hill (though I do hate the bling bling Barbie since that was nothing but a shameless ploy by Mattel to compete with Bratz). But, I draw a bright red line in the sand on Bratz!
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« Reply #3373 on: March 12, 2008, 10:45:53 AM » |
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I swear that if I get another email with idk or lol in it I am going to start answering all of their questions in Middle English.
I suppose this is how you know you really should be in academia. I read this and thought..."Oh. I'd love to get an e-mail in Middle English." Even though I wouldn't be able to read it. You could run it a word at a time through this. Or here, if it's in Old English. -bookmarks website quickly- Hliehhan forş hlud ! (LOL in Old English--this could be FUN!) |
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« Reply #3374 on: March 12, 2008, 10:54:09 AM » |
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Here's a stunning excerpt from an email that I received from a student who was expelled from the uni at which I teach. Hu had several different cheating and plagiarizing cases running concurrently; the issue with my course was one among several.
First of all, the subject line of Hu's email was "don't be afraid of me."
Second of all, here are the first 10 lines or so of Hu's pages-long email:
"Just want to let you know that there is no reason to
fear me in the future, because I understand now how
things must have looked to you last year. Since I was a
small child, I have felt overwhelming pressure from this
world. At first, it came from my parents' desires, then
it came from my brother's successes, then society's
perception of me, then the negative people in my
neighborhood, then negative girls that were physically
attractive, then the negative energy from the NYPD, then
the negative people from other neighborhoods in NYC, then
the negative people at this school. I have not realized
this because, along the way, I have never had to truly
deal with my emotions, and I never thought I would live
long enough to have a dream that could take up to 40
years to achieve. (But I do now.)"
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