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A Not-So-Weird Student E-Mail
For the record, not all of the emails I receive contain copious verbal cowering.
"Dear Joe Davies,
I'm going to miss discussion today because I just found out that I was pregnant a few weeks ago, so I have to go for an ultra-sound this morning.
Sorry for missing class!
Thank you!
-[Student]"
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Weird Student E-Mail
Sometimes, I wonder what exactly my students think of me.
"Hey joe this is [student] from your disscussion at 2:00-2:50...Joe i just wanted to let you know that i won't be able to make it to disscussion today. My grandmother got omited to the hospital an hour ago...i am actually writing you this while im in the car...I'm so sorry joe please forgive ( Read more... ) -
When Students Attack!!
These responses are from the second midterm exam in my American History since 1877 class. The way that this exam worked is that we gave them a study guide with all of the potential ID terms and all of the possible essay questions a week in advance of the exam. On the exam, they had the option of choosing six of the nine ID terms to define, and ( Read more... ) -
When Students Attack
How did WWII and the Cold War contribute to the Civil Rights movement?
How did WWII & the cold war contribute to the civil rights movement? The cold war was a mass migration and with the tension between the US and the USSR civil rights had a major part. Stalin stole the blue prints to our bomb and decided to make their own which impacted the ( Read more... ) -
When Students Attack!!
These responses are from the midterm exam in my American History since 1877 class. The way that this exam worked is that we gave them a study guide with all of the potential ID terms and all of the possible essay questions a week in advance of the exam. On the exam, they had the option of choosing five of the eight ID terms to define, and one of ( Read more... ) -
Student E-Mail
Sometimes, you know that they're telling the truth because their story just wouldn't work as a lie.
"Hey Joe, I am a student in your 1:00 discussion today. I just wanted to give you the heads up that I will be missing today, my neighbors' father died, so I had to come home (3 hrs away) and milk cows for them. Are you going to post the midterm ( Read more... ) -
When History Students Do Math!
"In this past presidential election of 2008 more than 130 million people voted. Out of that 130 million 53% were female, exceeding the number of male voters by 3%." -
When Students Attack!, Revised and Updated, with a new introduction by the author
"After viewing this weeks reading assignment from Voices of Freedom by Eric Foner, there was one specific part that stood out to me! The last page we had to read was page 121, and on that page the author includes a brief, but intriguing paragraph about Carrie Chapman Catt, a long time campaigner for votes for women, and also the president of the ( Read more... ) -
When Students Attack!
"The two writings that I chose to talk about was the writings by, Rev. Charles G. Ames on the Anti-Imperialism and Albert Beveridge, a Defense of Imperialism. Both of this people had different opinions on the topic of Imperialism as you can tell by there title’s of their writings. Beveridge insisted that we were imperialists so that we can bring ( Read more... )