Comments on: INTERESTING

By: John Lemon

John Lemon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yes, I believe that it is illegal nowadays to correct a student. Interesting.

By: bryan

bryan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yes, and I really dislike it when a professor writes "good" on a paper, or "nice" at different places. WTF? Tell me *what's* good or nice. I've done it myself before, and it's just a way to say: "this isn't chopped liver, but it's not up to snuff. Since I don't have the time or the inclination to really point out what's wrong with it, you get 'nice'."

By: John Lemon

John Lemon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Bryan,

Nice comment. Good.

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Dr. Lemon,

Not so much the giving-up-blogging.

--LMA (who should by now be getting points for persistence, if nothing else)

By: PoliBlog

PoliBlog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Grading Comentary and Such James Joyner notes some things that sometimes get said to students when professors grade essay. One of my favorites, and apparently one that gets the students' attention is when I simply write "No" in the margin, or, occassionally: "No!". One...

By: The Bemusement Park

The Bemusement Park — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

MARGINALIA
Both James Joyner and Steven Taylor is talking about things professors write in the margins of papers: Joyner:As to the issue of pedagogy, I would note that I seldom used the "interesting" device in my professorial days. Both my then-colleague...

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