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« Reply #4860 on: September 20, 2008, 02:17:27 PM » |
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No, no, no. the Met play at Shea Stadium! Must be a night game that starts at 11:45 p.m.
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« Reply #4861 on: September 20, 2008, 07:35:23 PM » |
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Just received this:
I was curious if we're suppose to be reading Dr. Jackal and Mr.Hyde already?
I was talking to my fellow classmate and he said that he didn't think so. However, I thought it would be a good idea to ask you anyway!
The syllabus, of course, clearly states that we're starting J&H on Monday. Plus, I reminded my students in class twice this past week that we're moving on to a new book and that they need to be prepared for Monday.
Oy. Freshmen.
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I hate that you're rioting but I love that you're getting boa-encrusted bras.
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conjugate
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« Reply #4862 on: September 20, 2008, 08:00:11 PM » |
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Just received this:
I was curious if we're suppose to be reading Dr. Jackal and Mr.Hyde already?
I was talking to my fellow classmate and he said that he didn't think so. However, I thought it would be a good idea to ask you anyway!
The syllabus, of course, clearly states that we're starting J&H on Monday. Plus, I reminded my students in class twice this past week that we're moving on to a new book and that they need to be prepared for Monday.
Oy. Freshmen.
"We're starting it Monday, so I hope you will have read it by then. And no, you'd better not try to fake it by watching that movie about Extraordinary Gentlemen and hoping that will do it for you, because it won't." |
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Unfortunately, I think conjugate gives good advice.
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« Reply #4863 on: September 20, 2008, 09:20:58 PM » |
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Just received this:
I was curious if we're suppose to be reading Dr. Jackal and Mr.Hyde already?
Are we talking Carlos the Jackal, or the minor league hockey team? |
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How many of your grandmothers still are living, and how is their health?
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« Reply #4864 on: September 20, 2008, 09:28:10 PM » |
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Just received this:
I was curious if we're suppose to be reading Dr. Jackal and Mr.Hyde already?
Are we talking Carlos the Jackal, or the minor league hockey team? Perhaps that's where the confusion lies. |
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You can never know everything, and part of what you do know will always be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing this. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.
--Robert Jordan
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« Reply #4865 on: September 20, 2008, 10:02:37 PM » |
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Just received this:
I was curious if we're suppose to be reading Dr. Jackal and Mr.Hyde already?
Are we talking Carlos the Jackal, or the minor league hockey team? Perhaps that's where the confusion lies. That's just the very tip of the confusion iceberg, I fear. |
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I hate that you're rioting but I love that you're getting boa-encrusted bras.
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« Reply #4866 on: September 20, 2008, 10:13:37 PM » |
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Just received this:
I was curious if we're suppose to be reading Dr. Jackal and Mr.Hyde already?
Are we talking Carlos the Jackal, or the minor league hockey team? Perhaps that's where the confusion lies. That's just the very tip of the confusion iceberg, I fear. ... Can I steal that? I like the ring of it and the mental picture. |
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It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. Professor Dumbledore
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« Reply #4867 on: September 20, 2008, 10:17:25 PM » |
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The confusion iceberg... Can I steal that? I like the ring of it and the mental picture.
No need to steal -- I give it to you freely! |
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« Reply #4868 on: September 20, 2008, 10:51:42 PM » |
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The confusion iceberg... Can I steal that? I like the ring of it and the mental picture.
No need to steal -- I give it to you freely! Thank you kind sir (or madam). |
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It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. Professor Dumbledore
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« Reply #4869 on: September 21, 2008, 12:05:59 PM » |
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This is actually a good one... to combat the bazillion not so good ones that pile up in my inbox. Background: I live in the part of the US that is not at all tropical. Not even close. But yet, we had a tropical storm blow thru last week. Several hundred thousand households are stil without power. Still! Class had homework due last week. No notice from any student (phone call, note taped to door, etc) that they were without power. This is an intro statistics course.
I received this in the online class site assignment submission section (paraphrased and slightly modified)
Hi Prof Geek
This is <student's SO>. We are still without power, so I printed out a copy of the assignment for <student> who did the work. I then took it to my office where I scanned it and submitted it. I hope that is ok.
Thanks,
Student & Student SO.
I am always amazed when student figures out something like this - without whining or throwing their hands up in desparation. They just do it. Made me very happy. And of course I accepted it. Student did some fairly complex calculations all by hand. And showed every step. And the student got a 100%.
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I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code. When in doubt, add chocolate.
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« Reply #4870 on: September 21, 2008, 12:31:39 PM » |
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Excellent.
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Professor of Something Scarily Scientific Sounding
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octoprof
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« Reply #4871 on: September 21, 2008, 12:39:15 PM » |
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This is actually a good one... to combat the bazillion not so good ones that pile up in my inbox. Background: I live in the part of the US that is not at all tropical. Not even close. But yet, we had a tropical storm blow thru last week. Several hundred thousand households are stil without power. Still! Class had homework due last week. No notice from any student (phone call, note taped to door, etc) that they were without power. This is an intro statistics course.
I received this in the online class site assignment submission section (paraphrased and slightly modified)
Hi Prof Geek
This is <student's SO>. We are still without power, so I printed out a copy of the assignment for <student> who did the work. I then took it to my office where I scanned it and submitted it. I hope that is ok.
Thanks,
Student & Student SO.
I am always amazed when student figures out something like this - without whining or throwing their hands up in desparation. They just do it. Made me very happy. And of course I accepted it. Student did some fairly complex calculations all by hand. And showed every step. And the student got a 100%.
<wild uninhibited happy dance> It's an AHAH moment! Yippee! |
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It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. Professor Dumbledore
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« Reply #4872 on: September 21, 2008, 03:18:10 PM » |
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I am always amazed when student figures out something like this - without whining or throwing their hands up in desparation. They just do it. Made me very happy. And of course I accepted it. Student did some fairly complex calculations all by hand. And showed every step. And the student got a 100%.
Good news like this goes to show that not all students are snowflakes. |
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« Reply #4873 on: September 21, 2008, 03:34:34 PM » |
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I am always amazed when student figures out something like this - without whining or throwing their hands up in desparation. They just do it. Made me very happy. And of course I accepted it. Student did some fairly complex calculations all by hand. And showed every step. And the student got a 100%.
Good news like this goes to show that not all students are snowflakes. Makes me angrier at the snowflakes though. And their enablers. Kudos to the student and SO! |
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« Reply #4874 on: September 21, 2008, 04:11:13 PM » |
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I am always amazed when student figures out something like this - without whining or throwing their hands up in desparation. They just do it. Made me very happy. And of course I accepted it. Student did some fairly complex calculations all by hand. And showed every step. And the student got a 100%.
Good news like this goes to show that not all students are snowflakes. Makes me angrier at the snowflakes though. And their enablers. Kudos to the student and SO! The great thing is that it seemed so matter-of-fact. Essentially- "Here's my SO's homework." Awesome. 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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