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in article , Helen
Miles at wrote on 2/6/05 4:53 PM: "Yowie" wrote in message Why on earth do you have to give positive feedback if their work is crap? Or has the education system gone all PC since I was in school (and often got a bollocking from the teachers if my work wasn't the absolute best I could do)// They're all into this "Constructive critism" crap. One exam paper is so utterly abysmal, I've just put a great big "F" on the front and written "This is so bad, I can't even mark it!" The projects they had to do had to explore conservation & ecological theory to save a species. I know that I managed to convey what i wanted in the report, as some of the projects are down-right spectacular and one guy did one on Sumatran Tigers that littery blew me away it was that good. (I've nomintaed him for the school prize). The problems is, I would dearly like to write on others "Maybe it would help if you didn't parrot large tracts of text back at me from the book I recommended, and by the way you still know f*ck-all", but somehow I don't think that would be construed as constructive! ;o) Tiger definitely had the right idea! Helen M If their work is too bad, I just usually suggest that maybe they aren't ready to take this class at this time. Generally, I suggest they go through the English courses first since ours is writing intensive. What irks me is when I get complaints about "too much writing". My class is probably the LEAST writing intensive of classes that revolves around essays. Wait till they have to do some other classes! |
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Helen Miles wrote:
Anyway, HRFL Tiger is most put out that I have to pay attention to the exam papers instead of him. So he did what I've been wanting to do all day. He threw up a hairball over them. GO TIGER! LOL! I used to teach some courses at uni, too, and the marking is the worst bit. Fortunately, neither Frank nor Nikki ever made quite such a visible statement of disgust. The worst they would do was lie on top of the papers and cover them with cat hair. I could only hope the students weren't allergic, because I had to hand the papers back to them after marking them. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Go Tiger!
I love teaching tertiary (university) students, but the grading still sucks. Still, every now and then you get the joy of watching a previously-clueless student with the light of understanding suddenly dawn in their eyes (and exam papers). It's an amazing feeling knowing that you've taught in such a way that a few of the students will subsequently look at their world differently. For what it's worth, my teaching has been in undergraduate and postgraduate ecology, evolution, entomology and conservation. Tish On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:16:42 -0500, Chris Havlicek wrote: Helen Miles wrote: I recently have been doing some teaching of Bachelor stuents at a local university. I enjoy the teaching, but *HATE* with a passion the marking of asignments and exam papers. I'm currently in the middle of a 70 job lot as the students have had their end of semester exams. It's a particularly frustrating exercise because I have to give positive feedback even when the student clearly has no grasp of what they are supposed to have learned in the course. Anyway, HRFL Tiger is most put out that I have to pay attention to the exam papers instead of him. So he did what I've been wanting to do all day. He threw up a hairball over them. GO TIGER! Quite what I'll say to the chief examiner about it I have yet to decide, but I feel sure I'll think of something! Helen M (Very frustrated and fed up of marking) |
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Helen Miles wrote in message news:034bd337bc0633e00fb973bbb7e97ac4.76411@mygate .mailgate.org... I recently have been doing some teaching of Bachelor stuents at a local university. I enjoy the teaching, but *HATE* with a passion the marking of asignments and exam papers. I'm currently in the middle of a 70 job lot as the students have had their end of semester exams. It's a particularly frustrating exercise because I have to give positive feedback even when the student clearly has no grasp of what they are supposed to have learned in the course. Anyway, HRFL Tiger is most put out that I have to pay attention to the exam papers instead of him. So he did what I've been wanting to do all day. He threw up a hairball over them. GO TIGER! Quite what I'll say to the chief examiner about it I have yet to decide, but I feel sure I'll think of something! Helen M (Very frustrated and fed up of marking) I had a pile of essays to mark once, and Izzi peed all over them. I photocopied them and marked the photocopies. I did offer the originals back to the students, but they all politely declined, oddly enough. I don't know how it would work with exams though. Good luck Jeanette |
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On Mon 07 Feb 2005 09:39:53a, Karen wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
(news I don't understand Survivor. I understand Survivor, and it's the only reality show I like (other than The Osbournes just for the entertainment value) but what I really don't get is Fear Factor. Ugh. Oh, and I like Surreal Life, also for the entertainment value. And I must say that Peter Brady turned into a hunk. -- Cheryl |
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In article lgate.org, "Helen Miles" wrote: Quite what I'll say to the chief examiner about it I have yet to decide, but I feel sure I'll think of something! Helen M (Very frustrated and fed up of mar The cat ate your homework? Suz Macmoosette =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= "People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") |
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SUQKRT wrote:
In article lgate.org, "Helen Miles" wrote: Quite what I'll say to the chief examiner about it I have yet to decide, but I feel sure I'll think of something! Helen M (Very frustrated and fed up of mar The cat ate your homework? Suz I once actually had to say the cat threw up on my essay. And it was true. / -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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