Bazza Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I guess that depends on whether Purgatory is part of Hell proper. People get out of Purgatory all the time, I understand. that explains English class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 As a reformed English Literature major I don't know whether to laugh or be offended... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Take the third option...whatever that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Just like Kirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Kirk wasn't as wise as he thought he was. BlueCloud2k2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 But he sure got the bootay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 That suits him, always behind everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Also, upfront. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 i guess.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Hah, you go it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Sigh, time to print the exams and give them in a couple hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I hope you have more fun grading yours than I just had grading mine. One of my Honors classes averaged 61% on the exam they're about to get back. I'm sure I've had an Honors class average that low before, but I honestly can't remember when. Time to break out the clue bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Please Hammer, don't hurt them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I could go back and look at exam averages over the years, but I always curve everything (and I never give the same exam) so I don't keep numbers like that in my memory. Got a begging email this morning from a student. Dude, be smarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 yeah be smarter, like study and go to class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Too cool for school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 He comes to class. I am reasonably sure he studies. However, I think he has fundamental limits that he cannot overcome. He seems to be at the cognitive level where he can only apply knowledge if he has seen that specific kind of manipulation done before (so he could have dutifully memorized it). Asking him to combine and apply concepts that are mutually relevant in ways he has not seen before is worse than hopeless. He is hardly the first one to take my class and have this happen to him. I fully expect him to end up as a flaming, dying wreck at the bottom of Broken Bulldozer Gulch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I empathise for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I do too, but this is one of the courses which reveals who can do it and who can't. It would be better for everyone if there was a way to make people recognize their limitations before this, but if it takes a C-minus in Physics 106 to get that across, that's what is supposed to happen. Better here than to let him get into med school, and have others suffer death or disabling illness because he's not smart enough to make a difficult diagnosis or figure out the proper treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I am reminded of a story of the math professor who was interrupted during a lecture by a student who shouted, "Why do we have to know this crap?" He responded, "Because calculus saves lives." "How does calculus save lives?" "By keeping some people out of medical school." BlueCloud2k2 and lemming 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Heh. This isn't even calculus-based physics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 ... Little arithmetics? They get me down. [/dEUS reference] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I hope you have more fun grading yours than I just had grading mine. One of my Honors classes averaged 61% on the exam they're about to get back. I'm sure I've had an Honors class average that low before, but I honestly can't remember when. Time to break out the clue bat. I'll be pleasantly surprised if they do that well, actually. Maybe I should go for a flying fox bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Foxbat will be pleased to help. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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