voxprincipalis
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« Reply #330 on: November 11, 2009, 12:43:36 PM » |
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My vent of the day--students who don't do the reading but still love to hear themselves talk. Trying to discuss a story and determine why the protagonist steals, class was interrupted by a student who loudly insisted that she doesn't care why someone steals, it's wrong. Okay, snowflake, you're a massive pothead who lies continually about why you miss work and school, so no great moral authority, and no is listening to you.
But she's participating! She gets participation points! I can't share my own vents because they make me too bitter. I'm going with shoving them under the rug at the moment. VP |
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« Reply #331 on: November 11, 2009, 12:45:05 PM » |
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voxprincipalis
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« Reply #332 on: November 11, 2009, 12:50:48 PM » |
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Yes, mine are awfully lumpy now.
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« Reply #333 on: November 11, 2009, 02:08:37 PM » |
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lizzy: goes over requirements for assignment in three consecutive classes. Posts requirements on Blackboard.
snowflake: can I do X?
lizzy: No, you can't. It doesn't fit the requirements for the assignment. It's something totally different.
snowflake: There goes six hours of work.
lizzy: Perhaps you should have discussed it with me first.
snowflake: under breath, after lizzy walks away--- b**ch.
A label I wear proudly.
If this student has done six hour of work all semester for my class, I'll eat my hat. Or something else that people don't normally eat. I've always wondered about that saying.
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« Reply #334 on: November 11, 2009, 07:58:46 PM » |
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Freshflakes:
I am not a human answer key. I do not respond to questions such as "Is the answer to question 3 A or C?" I have told you I will not answer. I will not do it no matter how pathetic you are or how much you beg. Give it up.
I am here to teach. I want to help you learn the material. I know it is difficult. That is why I gave you the worksheet. So put some effort into it!
Try saying "For question 3, I think the answer is A because. ______. But I'm confused by answer C, because I think _____ is also true." With this, I can then ask you some questions to lead you to the answer. I can have your classmates comment on why they think A is right or C is right, or why they are both wrong. I can help you revise your thought process and model proper problem solving. I just need you to make an effort to tell me why you guessed the answer you guessed.
But I will not be treated as an answer key. I am stubborn about this. I have told you that I will not do it. And no, I won't post the answer key to blackboard, either!
TALK TO ME! Tell me what you are thinking. Show me how little you are thinking. Show me how off the wall your thinking is. I don't care if you are wrong! Just make the effort. Help me help you.
And quit rolling your eyes, sighing, and shooting daggers at me with your eyes. I know how to teach this material. And I know that just telling you the answer won't do you much good, even though you think otherwise. You may be special, and you may be used to getting your way, but I'm more stubborn than you are special. I promise you that. So either make the effort or stay home.
I'm getting tired of banging my head on my desk. I'm about ready to try banging YOUR head on my desk and testing my hypothesis that it will crack open and expose an empty skull.
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« Reply #335 on: November 11, 2009, 08:02:05 PM » |
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I created online exercises with our CMS this semester. I have made it clear to students that these are randomly generated from a pool. They still come in asking about number 3.
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« Reply #336 on: November 11, 2009, 08:08:29 PM » |
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I created online exercises with our CMS this semester. I have made it clear to students that these are randomly generated from a pool. They still come in asking about number 3.
Tell them the answer is F ( on a 5 choice multiple choice question.) 90% won't even blink. |
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voxprincipalis
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« Reply #337 on: November 11, 2009, 08:12:26 PM » |
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I am at the point in the semester where students need to be able to remember and write down a list of five different cats, and I have some students who still can't distinguish between "cat" and "dog."
Also, every once in awhile (like now) I become unusually frustrated by the question "why is it that I cannot just give you directions once and have you do them correctly? Why? I just said, 'do x, then y.' I don't at all understand why I have to say it again. It doesn't change from one time to the next. It's still 'do x, then y.'"
Seriously. I want you to come into class and for 50 minutes, devote 100% of your attention to listening to what I am saying, paying attention to what we are doing, participating in class exercises to the best of your ability without screwing around, taking notes on the material, and figuring out what the things are that you will need to do in order to learn the skills and improve.
Sorry.
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« Reply #338 on: November 11, 2009, 08:17:59 PM » |
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Also, every once in awhile (like now) I become unusually frustrated by the question "why is it that I cannot just give you directions once and have you do them correctly? Why? I just said, 'do x, then y.' I don't at all understand why I have to say it again. It doesn't change from one time to the next. It's still 'do x, then y.'"
Seriously. I want you to come into class and for 50 minutes, devote 100% of your attention to listening to what I am saying, paying attention to what we are doing, participating in class exercises to the best of your ability without screwing around, taking notes on the material, and figuring out what the things are that you will need to do in order to learn the skills and improve.
Sorry.
VP
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« Reply #339 on: November 11, 2009, 10:37:04 PM » |
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Yes, mine are awfully lumpy now.
VP
I've started burying them in a hole in the back yard. <*HUGS* to VP and her vents.> |
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Drinking a lot always helps.
Wheeeeee! You go, oh evilicious one.
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« Reply #340 on: November 12, 2009, 02:20:16 PM » |
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I have a class with 5 students in it. The two most active, well-prepared, energetic students have just informed me that they won't be in today due to illness. That means I will have one super-prepared, enthusiastic, fantastic students and two students who are completely passive and resistant to any improvement. These two never speak unless called on and no matter how much I work with them, they show no interest in improving or changing in any way.
I am at the end of my rope.
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« Reply #341 on: November 12, 2009, 02:23:34 PM » |
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I have a class with 5 students in it. The two most active, well-prepared, energetic students have just informed me that they won't be in today due to illness. That means I will have one super-prepared, enthusiastic, fantastic students and two students who are completely passive and resistant to any improvement. These two never speak unless called on and no matter how much I work with them, they show no interest in improving or changing in any way.
I am at the end of my rope.
Two words: Cattle Prod. Okay, maybe not. Those laws get in the way, don't they. Still, it's worth thinking about. Or Pop Quiz! |
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Unfortunately, I think conjugate gives good advice.
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« Reply #342 on: November 12, 2009, 02:31:47 PM » |
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I have a class with 5 students in it. The two most active, well-prepared, energetic students have just informed me that they won't be in today due to illness. That means I will have one super-prepared, enthusiastic, fantastic students and two students who are completely passive and resistant to any improvement. These two never speak unless called on and no matter how much I work with them, they show no interest in improving or changing in any way.
I am at the end of my rope.
Two words: Cattle Prod. Okay, maybe not. Those laws get in the way, don't they. Still, it's worth thinking about. Or Pop Quiz! Is there any way to create a a quiz that administers a shock when students write lame, whiny answers? The Zap Quiz! Because that just might work. |
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« Reply #343 on: November 12, 2009, 08:40:00 PM » |
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I have a class with 5 students in it. The two most active, well-prepared, energetic students have just informed me that they won't be in today due to illness. That means I will have one super-prepared, enthusiastic, fantastic students and two students who are completely passive and resistant to any improvement. These two never speak unless called on and no matter how much I work with them, they show no interest in improving or changing in any way.
I am at the end of my rope.
Two words: Cattle Prod. Okay, maybe not. Those laws get in the way, don't they. Still, it's worth thinking about. Or Pop Quiz! Is there any way to create a a quiz that administers a shock when students write lame, whiny answers? The Zap Quiz! Because that just might work. buy one. Glenwood, put me on your mailing list, OK? |
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Because, you know, that stuff on the syllabus is like, in writing, and there are so many ways you can, like, read that, but when the guys who sit by you in class, like, you know, must know what's really going on, right? -- AmLitHist, channelling student
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« Reply #344 on: November 12, 2009, 11:56:51 PM » |
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I have a class with 5 students in it. The two most active, well-prepared, energetic students have just informed me that they won't be in today due to illness. That means I will have one super-prepared, enthusiastic, fantastic students and two students who are completely passive and resistant to any improvement. These two never speak unless called on and no matter how much I work with them, they show no interest in improving or changing in any way.
I am at the end of my rope.
Two words: Cattle Prod. Okay, maybe not. Those laws get in the way, don't they. Still, it's worth thinking about. Or Pop Quiz! Is there any way to create a a quiz that administers a shock when students write lame, whiny answers? The Zap Quiz! Because that just might work. buy one. Glenwood, put me on your mailing list, OK? There's always the low tech method. Hire me to stand behind the students with a specially modified cluebat. 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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