tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687277624589882201.post5054086445052462883..comments2015-05-10T12:06:30.888-07:00Comments on An Historian's Tale: Busy week and Ridiculous StudentsHistorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321639321496219252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687277624589882201.post-26628052057681358832009-02-14T09:07:00.000-07:002009-02-14T09:07:00.000-07:00Well, the *only* reason I'm not automatically givi...Well, the *only* reason I'm not automatically giving it an F is that I haven't read the whole thing. It was almost twice as long as it needs to be. I just skimmed through and saw the offending citations and noticed a lot of summary. <BR/><BR/>The only other thing holding me back is that my supervisor wants us all to meet and grade a handful of papers as a group on Tuesday to make sure we're all on the same page. We have a few fairly new TAs, so that's a good thing for them. We'll see how it goes...Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17321639321496219252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687277624589882201.post-44473261527650142532009-02-14T08:35:00.000-07:002009-02-14T08:35:00.000-07:00Granted, I teach English and not history, but Wiki...Granted, I teach English and not history, but Wikipedia is an auto-F to me. Esp. when other things are wrong. Sometimes I return the paper and give a time to write for a max grade of C--meaning, I grade it as it would be and deduct 30 points. There's no excuse for Wikipedia and plot summary. GRRRR!!!!!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323638989103782381noreply@blogger.com