anthroid
Annoying bad luck snails
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« on: February 19, 2007, 04:59:17 PM » |
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Once upon a time in the lovely locale of Anthroidville, ruled by the kind and benevolent* despot-chair Sister Mary Anthroid, a student communicated a complaint. The student, living far away from Anthroidville and taking courses at an ancillary locale, was dissatisfied with a "D" grade earned in an advanced course hu was taking for the second time for hu's major (having failed it the first time). Hu's instructor graciously agreed to review the graded work to ascertain whether the D was in error. The instructor concluded the grade was an accurate judgment of the work submitted.
The far-away student, not well pleased with hu's instructor, filed a grade appeal with Queen Sr. M. Anthroid. The kindly queen discussed the situation with the instructor; the instructor provided copies of all the marked work submitted by the student. Beneficient Queen Anthroid noted the use of "deleterious" by a student with a 2.45 GPA. Queen Anthroid then googled key words in a sentence in a paper.
Sha-zaam! The wizard Google returned thousands of results within 30 seconds, and the first hit contained the very words, uncited, in five papers written by the student.
Queen Anthroid, not deligted with the student (in fact, finding hu deleterious to the program), administratively dropped hu from a further advanced class, failed hu in the appealed class, and refused to allow her to register, for the third time, for the failed class. Queen Anthroid did all this with a wave of the wizard's wand after informing the student of these actions. Shortly after all changes were accomplished, the student's father demanded a meeting "before taking the next step." Queen Anthroid gathered all materials relevant to the evil deeds, including the uncited web sites, the signature page in which the student agreed to abide by all academic honesty rules whilst in the program, the student handbook containing the academic honesty code, the papers, and the appeal letter, and made many copies using the magic copy machine in the room next door.
Queen Anthroid is very, very excited to meet with the father and the student tomorrow. She will probably not eat breakfast, as she is a carnivore and perhaps might want roast father for lunch.
Is Igor available?
*And beautiful, of course. But that isn't relevant to the tale.
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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2007, 05:02:32 PM » |
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Queen Anthroid, not deligted with the student (in fact, finding hu deleterious to the program), administratively dropped hu from a further advanced class, failed hu in the appealed class, and refused to allow her to register,
Caught ya. |
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2007, 05:03:30 PM » |
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*starts building a fire*
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Director of the CHE MYOB Professional Development Program,
An initiative of the CHE STFU Center for Professional Development.
Chairperson of the GAB CPE Series.
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bio_prof_
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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2007, 05:04:04 PM » |
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bioprof offers to bring the cole slaw.
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« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2007, 05:06:35 PM » |
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I'll bring the chips. And a few pokers (for when the fire gets hot).
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i think is good for every one only the think is that we will always scares about that. |
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anthroid
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« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2007, 05:07:24 PM » |
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Queen Anthroid, not deligted with the student (in fact, finding hu deleterious to the program), administratively dropped hu from a further advanced class, failed hu in the appealed class, and refused to allow her to register,
Caught ya. Oh yeah? Well, HIM HER HIM HER HIM HER HIM HER HIM. :~) And I forgot the moral of the tale: Don't file a grade appeal if you don't want your grade to change. |
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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2007, 05:14:10 PM » |
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<rubbing hands together with glee>
I am so excited! I can't wait! I've made my famous party potatoes, fruit salad, veggieloaf, and brownies for the roasting.
Yea!
(Please, please, please let us know what the father says! I can't imagine what's going to happen. It's so thrilling! It's better than LOST! Do you think Student told Father What Really Happened?)
cbl, party hat ON
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« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2007, 05:17:19 PM » |
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Ooooo, I hope not, and I want to see father splutter and fume when the googled pages are pulled out into the bright white light...
Party hat on me too, cbl!
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« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2007, 05:18:50 PM » |
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That's a 3 zero plagiarism. One 0 for failing the assignment. One 0 for failing cheating (got caught), and one 0 for disrespecting the instructor. (Too cheap to even pay for a custom paper).
Student should get on knees and thank God for the D. It was truly an act of kindness.
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« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2007, 05:21:21 PM » |
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I've got my tiara, pitchfork, and potato chips ready for the festivities.
The Fiona
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The Fiona or perhaps La Fiona
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larryc
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Eschew the hu.
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« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2007, 05:22:48 PM » |
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You are allowed to discuss a grade with a parent? At my institution they tell us that it is strictly verboten, illegal in fact.
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« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2007, 05:26:03 PM » |
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You are allowed to discuss a grade with a parent? At my institution they tell us that it is strictly verboten, illegal in fact.
TRUE! I have had to ward off more than one fire-snorting parent with my mightly FERPA shield. Unless the student signs the all-powerful waiver, the Queen can stay in her ivory tower and let the chips fall where they may. O. |
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anthroid
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« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2007, 05:27:48 PM » |
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<rubbing hands together with glee>
I am so excited! I can't wait! I've made my famous party potatoes, fruit salad, veggieloaf, and brownies for the roasting.
Yea!
(Please, please, please let us know what the father says! I can't imagine what's going to happen. It's so thrilling! It's better than LOST! Do you think Student told Father What Really Happened?)
cbl, party hat ON
(From regular old anthroid: Does the fruit salad have sour cream and marshmallows in it, just like my mom used to make with fruit cocktail? Hmmmmmmm....calorie-y.) Queen Sr. M. Anthroid is confident that Father of D Student is unaware of the depth of Student's transgressions. Does anyone have a rack we can borrow? Student may need additional punishments and consequences, and the rack strikes us as fitting, somehow. Queen Sr. M. Anthroid is of such royal bearing that we need no additional chapeaux to provide our authority, though the party hats AND the tiaras are very nice touches. We are ready to grant all supporters privileges of the aristocracy. That's a 3 zero plagiarism. One 0 for failing the assignment. One 0 for failing cheating (got caught), and one 0 for disrespecting the instructor. (Too cheap to even pay for a custom paper).
Student should get on knees and thank God for the D. It was truly an act of kindness.
(from regular old anthroid: Yes, be careful what you ask for. Or, as a "demotivator" tells us, "it's always darkest before it turns pitch black." Note citation [www.demotivator.com is, I think, the right website].) You are allowed to discuss a grade with a parent? At my institution they tell us that it is strictly verboten, illegal in fact.
(from regular old anthroid: The father is bringing in student and the student's written permission form (as noted by outlander) after I told him I was not allowed, under FERPA, to discuss anything about a student with anyone other than the student unless I had written permission from the student. I am fantasizing about him tucking the student under his arm, paper in hand, and pitching student into a corner so that he and I can get down to brass tacks. He has no idea, I think, how much his tushie is going to hurt after this meeting places those brass tacks in certain places. I actually plan to ask the student, alone and without him in the room, if hu is sure hu wishes to embarass huself as thoroughly as hu will be embarassed.) |
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« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2007, 05:28:59 PM » |
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That's a 3 zero plagiarism. One 0 for failing the assignment. One 0 for failing cheating (got caught), and one 0 for disrespecting the instructor. (Too cheap to even pay for a custom paper).
Student should get on knees and thank God for the D. It was truly an act of kindness.
Verb tense correction: should have gotten--down on her knees, that is. OP has transformed the D into an F with a wave of her mighty wand. Do we want sour cream & onion chips, or barbecue, or just regular? |
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i think is good for every one only the think is that we will always scares about that. |
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« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2007, 05:31:39 PM » |
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D@mn, this thread is making me hungry, in sooooo many ways....
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