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  14. The cranky thread

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    So' date=' yesterday I finished calculating final grades for the semester and submitted them for approval. So what happens last night? I get an email from a student who never turned in a single bloody assignment on time the whole semester, including his last two essays. The essays were attached, and he thinks I should grade them (and, by implication, change his final grade). Are you kidding?!?! Even if I wanted to help the little blighter out, I'm not allowed to change a final grade unless I find a miscalculation on my part. This kid needs to develop a sense of responsibility and learn some bloody respect for his instructors.[/quote']

    Definition of deadline

     

    noun

     

    • 1 the latest time or date by which something should be completed: the deadline for submissions is February 5th

     

    • 2 historical a line drawn around a prison beyond which prisoners were liable to be shot.

     

    The silver lining here (for the student) being that you're not operating by the latter.

  17. Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities

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    By those who design games' date=' I don't just mean those who work on computer games or write adventure supplements to role playing games for publication. If you for example run demo games at cons or stores with pregenerated characters, do you make sure to include a reasonable selection of characters of both genders? If it would make sense in the setting, do you have characters who are not white skinned or not of European or quasi-European background?[/quote']

    Yes, whenever appropriate to the setting and story. Usually, it's about 50/50 (gender-wise) when no other factors dictate anything specific. Much the same for race/nationality, though the setting controls that more, and the split can be more than two ways.

     

    And I propose another challenge for all of us. It's perfectly natural of course that we should play characters we identify or that act as wish fulfillment vehicles for us, but I think there is a lot to be gained by breaking out of that comfort zone and trying characters of different background and gender. You might just find yourself with more appreciation of someone else's point of view.

    Yes, but my "comfort zone" has always been pretty broad. Roughly 20% of the characters I've played have been female, simply because "that's what they were" as characters when I conceived them. Race has varied somewhat more I think, but I don't really keep track of that, per se. It's simply a physical description to me.

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