Well, I finished grading my remaining 15 essays today, with the exception of one essay that was missing page two. Actually, page 2 from a different writing project was there in place of page two of the essay. I’ve emailed the student to please email me the missing page so I can grade the essay. If she doesn’t by Friday, her grade’s going to suffer some. Anyway, I am now working on grading “form projects”. It’s actually relatively easier, in that grades are assigned mostly not on quality but on whether an attempt was made. Students who actually tried hard …
Month: December 2006
Merry Thing-Thing
To all, It’s the wee hours of Christmas Eve day, which is also Lime’s birthday. Lucky us, she managed to finagle a weekend off, so I’ll be busy for the next couple of days. Therefore, I’m wishing you all a happy thing-thing. Don’t eat too much things-things. I know I won’t.
Looks Like Arial
Stuff you maybe didn’t know about Helvetica and Arial. Via Goth House Parlor.
Three Cheers For Lime!
Well, those of you who know, know that Lime’s been hoping to get into a certain branch of medicine for the rest of her residency. There’s good news: she got the call today, and, well, she probably wouldn’t want me to say anything too explicit, but… if SARS broke out in Korea, or bird flu, or some other newfangled scary disease, she’d be among the people dealing with it. Think Outbreak. Except she’s much cuter than Dustin Hoffman ever was.
Just as Confusing In-Context
From an essay by a female student, on (I’m pretty sure she’s discussing) eating disorders: “In fact, the women are the ones only making the causing emotional problems.” And no, the context doesn’t really help much.