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[concordancia]

I vote for clubbing system_d's student with the map. Wrap it around a bottle of DDT to give it extra weight.


I would LOVE to write NCLW on some of the assignments I get. Unfortunately, the expectation is that I will still provide feedback about what to improve and fill in the rubrics.

NCLW.... we need to revive the stamps thread and add this to my wish list. I want one of these.
 

Funny, my chair just mentioned today that we aren't allowed to say this to students.

[frogfactory]

National Committee for Lebanese Women?

[conjugate]

National Committee for Lebanese Women?

The "No Child Left Wehind" act?

But seriously, I think "Not College-Level Work" would be a little harsh.  Perhaps "I expect better from you than this" would work, and not incur administratorial wrath.

[msparticularity]

"Wovoka opened up the ritual of the Ghost Dance to all Native Americans.  [Okay, sort of.] They would dance for days until someone passed out and had an intense religious experience themselves.  People continued to dance around them. [Well, not exactly "passed out," but okay.]  Most of these dances were performed on Azusa Street in California.  [What?] Handsome Lake's people were in the midwest up north, which is different. [It is "different" that you think New York is in the midwest.]

Uh.  Yeah.

I grew up in the same Nevada valley as Wovoka did. Just a random factoid I'm betting no one else on the boards can claim.....

Ah--one of my favorite places to go for Basque food! (And don't even get me started on student misspellings of "Basque." I'll just note that Word is quite certain that when one begins with a "Basq..." there is particular noun that oen wants.)

[amlithist]

NCLW is milder than what I'm usually thinking when I write that on a paper. 

It's not the only or default comment from me.  But if, after line editing and marking every freakin' mechanical error, as well as discussing content, structure, etc. and the related problems, and the paper's been bled on, NCLW is considered an acceptable comment here.  Of course, we're a CC, and the thinking is that many of our students don't really realize what CLW is, so by pointing out not only all the specific errors, but then capsulizing it as NCLW, we're indicating to them that, hey, this isn't going to fly here, even though it got you through high school.  (And yes, unhappily, I used to just do the extensive edits in an effort to help the student, who would then more likely than not come to me with the paper and say, "But this isn't BAD, right?"  ::sigh::)

[llanfair]

I'm allowed to write "NCLW" and by golly, I'll be doing it this fall.  Enough already.

[infopri]

I wonder what my school would say if I started writing NGLW on the papers I get?  G is for graduate.  Unfortunately, many of my master's-level students write at high-school level, too.

[conjugate]

I wonder what my school would say if I started writing NGLW on the papers I get?  G is for graduate.  Unfortunately, many of my master's-level students write at high-school level, too.

They'd probably think you were trying to summon Cthulhu.  Of course, this might not be a bad idea.

[concordancia]

I wonder what my school would say if I started writing NGLW on the papers I get?  G is for graduate.  Unfortunately, many of my master's-level students write at high-school level, too.

They'd probably think you were trying to summon Cthulhu.  Of course, this might not be a bad idea.

I think not college level work would be even better - y'all think you are graduate students? You should have been doing this as freshpeeps!

[conjugate]

I wonder what my school would say if I started writing NGLW on the papers I get?  G is for graduate.  Unfortunately, many of my master's-level students write at high-school level, too.

They'd probably think you were trying to summon Cthulhu.  Of course, this might not be a bad idea.

I think not college level work would be even better - y'all think you are graduate students? You should have been doing this as freshpeeps!

Yes, summoning Cthulhu has some risks associated with it.  But look at the bright side; some of the slacker students and incompetent administrators are probably rather tasty.

[frogfactory]

this was a bit close to the bone.

[llanfair]

this was a bit close to the bone.

So I thought as well.

[polly_mer]

Two here left over from spring papers.

This one just got me because of the verbosity:  "Putting an exact label to an individual is not entirely possible due to the vast dexterity of the culture and sub-cultures within society, but as an abstracted generalization, much can be said for the traditional values of Americans."  [Darned pesky abstracted generalizations!  And I wonder if the culture's dexterity is so vast that it is ambidextrous?  Just curious.]

Another apparently had the word "captivate" confused with something else, but darned if I can figure out what:  "Furthermore, many families found that having [a popular fictional television family]  captivated as a cartoon was inappropriate because it wold target the viewers of children."  And later:  "The benefites from the Bill of Rights captivate Americans most especially."  Oh, and from the same paper:  "Whereass int he late 20th century, there was not hardly any exploitation of religion via the media and it was merely inexistence."  Um.  Oh.

(At least the second paper--both were from mid-200 level classes--was easy to grade:  NCLW--Not College-Level Work.)

I see you have several of my students who are bound and determined as freshpeeps to write like they imagine academics write.  "Captivated" for the cartoon might mean "captured", which is still not quite right, but you aren't taking into account how this student thinks a camera works or how cartoons work.

"Captivate" related to the Americans and the benefits from the Bill of Rights means something like "fascinates" or "interests", although that's still wrong because, of course, except for historians and such, no one outside the US cares about the US Bill of Rights.

[nocurving]

Two here left over from spring papers.

This one just got me because of the verbosity:  "Putting an exact label to an individual is not entirely possible due to the vast dexterity of the culture and sub-cultures within society, but as an abstracted generalization, much can be said for the traditional values of Americans."  [Darned pesky abstracted generalizations!  And I wonder if the culture's dexterity is so vast that it is ambidextrous?  Just curious.]

Yes, and don't forget the influence of our opposable thumbs.

Another apparently had the word "captivate" confused with something else, but darned if I can figure out what:  "Furthermore, many families found that having [a popular fictional television family]  captivated as a cartoon was inappropriate because it wold target the viewers of children."  And later:  "The benefites from the Bill of Rights captivate Americans most especially."  Oh, and from the same paper:  "Whereass int he late 20th century, there was not hardly any exploitation of religion via the media and it was merely inexistence."  Um.  Oh.

Clearly a case of a student grasping at any 3 syllable word he can think of.