I am grading 240 ten page papers. Needless to say, it's not that fun.
Sometimes I drink beer when I grade papers. It is my way of grading on a curve. Some students ask, "will you mark our papers on a curve?" And I reply, "Only if I have been drinking." Ha, they think I'm joking.
My plagiarizer radar (plagdar) is at full power. 8% of the papers I have graded so far have gotten an F and are going to be sent to the dean because the idiots did a really shitty cut and paste cheat job. What the hell are these kids thinking? I am not that dumb, but apparently they are. I like the papers where I know that the student is not capable of what they turned in, but I cannot prove that they stole it. At least they are smart about their theft.
Sometimes I drink beer when I grade papers. It is my way of grading on a curve. Some students ask, "will you mark our papers on a curve?" And I reply, "Only if I have been drinking." Ha, they think I'm joking.
My plagiarizer radar (plagdar) is at full power. 8% of the papers I have graded so far have gotten an F and are going to be sent to the dean because the idiots did a really shitty cut and paste cheat job. What the hell are these kids thinking? I am not that dumb, but apparently they are. I like the papers where I know that the student is not capable of what they turned in, but I cannot prove that they stole it. At least they are smart about their theft.
i took a night class a few years back with a prof that has a serious dependency on alcohol (somthing that apatently runs high in the anthro deprt.) it was the best class ever, it was supposed to be about the americas and their economies in prehistoric times, but it was really about what beer tastes best at what site...i learned a great deal that semester.
that reminds me of George Carlin's
I, myself, have killed six people. All random, all undetected, no way to trace them to me. And, let me tell you, there's nothin' to it. It's a great feeling. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. "Aw, he's a comedian. He's just sayin' that stuff." Good. That's exactly what I want you to think.
OFF TO THE DEAN WITH YOU!
what class are you grading for?
Because of this entry, I too will have sleep problems. All it takes for me is the suggestion that I will not be able to sleep.
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