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...a Lawrence Welk show from 1973 seems pleasant and soothing.
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 08:12:49 PM » |
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You can't remember how to spell redundant. Then you can't remember how to spell repetitive.
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omgacademe
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 08:17:02 PM » |
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You've finally learned how to spell plagiarized. (I'm a terrible speller and always seem to get it wrong.)
It's 8:15 on a Saturday night and bed is sounding really, really good.
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Secretweapon (2008) OMGacademe, you are obviously the OMG expert.
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 08:18:43 PM » |
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You can't remember how to spell redundant. Then you can't remember how to spell repetitive.
or seperate separate |
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2009, 08:49:30 PM » |
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Cleaning becomes a desirable activity. (I hate to clean, but it beats grading!)
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Chocolate fixes everything.
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2009, 09:35:21 PM » |
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....preparing for your next lecture suddenly seems all important.
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2009, 09:40:19 PM » |
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Cleaning becomes a desirable activity. (I hate to clean, but it beats grading!)
Yep, living room, kitchen and basement are tidied up. Papers are untouched. |
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2009, 09:44:37 PM » |
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....preparing for your next lecture suddenly seems all important.
...as does ordering books for next spring and next summer, or preparing syllabi for next spring and next summer and next fall. I'm seriously contemplating working on a special topics course proposal for spring 2012 rather than continuing with this pile. It's that or tile grout. |
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gennimom
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Let's get summer over with! Me want snow!
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2009, 11:36:41 PM » |
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You are ready to smack students around for the bad papers they've turned in, rather than just thinking about it.
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...only after reading gm's post, my new mantra is "always listen to gennimom".
Monday reeks! - Garfield The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a person (or something like that). |
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na na na na, na na na na , hey hey hey, goodbye
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2009, 07:52:19 AM » |
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you have to remind yourself out loud that just because this student did the same dumb thing that X other students did you can't write a really snarky comment on just their paper - so either go back and write the snarky comment on all of them or stay neutral.
worse - you seriously contemplate going back through so you can write the snarky comment.
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The time is out of joint—O cursèd spite,
That ever I was born to set it right!
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2009, 08:28:39 AM » |
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You find yourself holding your breath about 3/4 of the way through the paper and burst into tears of joy and relief when you reach the end and realize that yes, it is indeed better than a C+.
And then take a break to go get some polenta.
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You people are not fooling me. I know exactly what occurred in that thread, and I know exactly what you all are doing. |
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2009, 08:33:31 AM » |
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Does anyone else ever have that paper in the pile that you absolutely don't want to grade? Maybe it's from your most arrogant student, or the student who refuses to follow directions no matter how many times you explain them, or the student who is heartbreakingly unprepared for college, or the student who used the assignment as an opportunity to mouth off about something really inappropriate. I always put that paper someplace in the middle, then when I get it I say, "Oh, I'll read it soon" and move it down a few. Nothing is worse, though, than reading that paper last, which is what inevitably happens.
Sigh.
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Well, some posters were being naughty here.
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2009, 08:50:26 AM » |
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Does anyone else ever have that paper in the pile that you absolutely don't want to grade? Maybe it's from your most arrogant student, or the student who refuses to follow directions no matter how many times you explain them, or the student who is heartbreakingly unprepared for college, or the student who used the assignment as an opportunity to mouth off about something really inappropriate. I always put that paper someplace in the middle, then when I get it I say, "Oh, I'll read it soon" and move it down a few. Nothing is worse, though, than reading that paper last, which is what inevitably happens.
Sigh.
Yes. This. It was a D- for me. Sigh. |
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You people are not fooling me. I know exactly what occurred in that thread, and I know exactly what you all are doing. |
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2009, 10:46:48 AM » |
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Does anyone else ever have that paper in the pile that you absolutely don't want to grade? Maybe it's from your most arrogant student, or the student who refuses to follow directions no matter how many times you explain them, or the student who is heartbreakingly unprepared for college, or the student who used the assignment as an opportunity to mouth off about something really inappropriate. I always put that paper someplace in the middle, then when I get it I say, "Oh, I'll read it soon" and move it down a few. Nothing is worse, though, than reading that paper last, which is what inevitably happens.
Sigh.
Yes. This. It was a D- for me. Sigh. Ah, see I have taken to reading that paper first because otherwise I fall into this trap. you have to remind yourself out loud that just because this student did the same dumb thing that X other students did you can't write a really snarky comment on just their paper - so either go back and write the snarky comment on all of them or stay neutral.
worse - you seriously contemplate going back through so you can write the snarky comment.
So I read one or two of the best papers, then a few of the worst to get a baseline, and then sigh because the remainder will just be blah and repetitive. |
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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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der_gadfly
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oy vey
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« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2009, 11:21:15 AM » |
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or explain or elaborate
you mean it isn't "splain" |
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