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« Reply #345 on: April 18, 2011, 09:04:42 PM » |
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"The world of hymnology can be tough and similar to Darwin’s Origin of Species, only the strongest, and sometimes the lucky, will survive."
The whole paper reads like this.
Oh, please tell, me what is a strong hymn? The sorrowful Easter ones? The glorious Christmas ones? The student is writing--or rather, trying to write--about muscular Christianity. But he never defines it and has garbage like this everywhere. I told him countless times to go to the writing center, and even to drop, but oh no.... Is muscular Christianity something I should google or just go ahead and sympathize with you over? Or perhaps a rousing rendition of "Onward Christian Soldiers" would help elucidate the concept? For the rest of the curious souls - there is such a thing as muscular Christianity. Indeed, and the Great Big Book of Everything describes it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_ChristianityAlthough the description is a bit thin, in my limited theological experience. |
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« Reply #346 on: April 19, 2011, 09:21:49 AM » |
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Yes; in fact, the student discusses "Onward Christian Soldiers"in the paper, although not very well.
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« Reply #347 on: April 20, 2011, 08:44:32 PM » |
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I guess there is probably a better home for this gem, but while we complain about students..... maybe we need to look at the examples they are given.
I was ticketed last week for parking my car in a different lot than normal even though it was for about 15 minutes to transport awkward items from car to building and thus permitted according to campus policy. I wrote a protest email. A snail mail decision came tonight.
"After careful consideration of the facts presented to the Appeals Office and the rules and regulations of the GREAT ORGANIZATION OF BLAH BLAH BLAH, your citation has been downgraded and the fine is due. You may further appeal to the parking panels board.....
Below that: Amount due: $0.00.
Appeal result: warning."
So the citation was "downgraded" but I have to pay the fine, except the amount due is not equal to the fine on the ticket. And I am welcome to appeal this decision (so I can pay more?) by jumping through more hoops. And I have now been given a warning (that following the rules results in parking tickets). WTF?
Bioson scratched his head when I showed him the letter. Bioette said I should pay them a dollar so I don't have to deal with the issue any more!
If the university cannot produce a document with even a pretense of clarity, why are we surprised by the writing of our students?
I'm calling tomorrow and hope to contact a live person who speaks in plain English. I'll probably be told to make an offering of cat hair and dog vomit by February 30th or face extradition to planet Vogon. I may just give them a stack of papers to grade as payment for my fine.
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« Reply #348 on: April 20, 2011, 11:02:34 PM » |
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Bioteacher,
It's a form letter. They've downgraded your fine to a warning, and they have rescinded the fine, altogether. You won. You don't owe them anything. You don't need to appeal anything. In other cases they might have downgraded someone's citation from, I dunno, reckless driving with a fine of $60, to speeding, with a fine of $20. They'd have sent the exact same letter, but showing they'd now been charged with speeding and they now owed $20. If that person still thought $20 was excessive or unwarranted, they could appeal it farther.
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« Reply #349 on: April 20, 2011, 11:06:32 PM » |
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"After careful consideration of the facts presented to the Appeals Office and the rules and regulations of the GREAT ORGANIZATION OF BLAH BLAH BLAH, your citation has been downgraded and the fine is due. You may further appeal to the parking panels board.....
Below that: Amount due: $0.00.
Appeal result: warning."
Send them a cheque for $0.00. |
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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« Reply #350 on: April 21, 2011, 06:17:05 AM » |
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"After careful consideration of the facts presented to the Appeals Office and the rules and regulations of the GREAT ORGANIZATION OF BLAH BLAH BLAH, your citation has been downgraded and the fine is due. You may further appeal to the parking panels board.....
Below that: Amount due: $0.00.
Appeal result: warning."
Send them a cheque for $0.00. This might not be such a bad move, CYA-wise. I've read stories in which people have been hounded for months by automatically generated letters demanding the £0.00 (all the ones I've read were in the UK, but still), so the point where bailiffs were even brought in to recover the money. At this point, since bailiffs add a retrieval fee, the figure stops being £0 and can start getting you in real trouble. |
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« Reply #351 on: April 21, 2011, 06:19:03 AM » |
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Oh, I wasn't kidding. I've been on the recieving end of repeated demands for £0.00 from two different companies.
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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« Reply #352 on: April 21, 2011, 06:24:19 AM » |
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*to the point.
Missed the edit window, sorry.
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« Reply #353 on: April 24, 2011, 06:59:50 PM » |
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"There are high upstart costs associated with solar panels..."
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« Reply #354 on: April 25, 2011, 11:22:12 AM » |
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"The music in this movie is horrible and its use of sexuality, sexual fantasies and tight pants doesn't make it better."
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« Reply #355 on: April 25, 2011, 12:39:26 PM » |
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A classic that my husband and I continue to laugh about:
(Question on a test) Who was the Prophet of Islam? (Answer): Umja.
Where do people get this nonsense and why not just leave the answer blank?
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Mountainguy (on rejection letter thread):
This sounds very Foucauldian. "You do not apply to search committee; the search committee applies to you!!"
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mystictechgal
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« Reply #356 on: April 25, 2011, 01:59:14 PM » |
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A classic that my husband and I continue to laugh about:
(Question on a test) Who was the Prophet of Islam? (Answer): Umja.
Where do people get this nonsense and why not just leave the answer blank?
The United Messianic Jewish Alliance created Islam? Is this another one of those conspiracy theories? <interthreadularity> |
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« Reply #357 on: April 25, 2011, 02:26:14 PM » |
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"The music in this movie is horrible and its use of sexuality, sexual fantasies and tight pants doesn't make it better."
And now I want to know what movie we are talking about! Labyrinth? Grease? This is Spinal Tap? |
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« Reply #358 on: April 25, 2011, 02:38:41 PM » |
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Concluding sentence of desperate research paper:
"The Tempest explains the understanding of the meaning of The Tempest, Prospero's actions and interaction with the other characters, and striving for freedom."
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« Reply #359 on: April 25, 2011, 02:39:49 PM » |
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Concluding sentence of desperate research paper:
"The Tempest explains the understanding of the meaning of The Tempest, Prospero's actions and interaction with the other characters, and striving for freedom."
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