Comments | qrhe: Too flakey for the flakey class.

qrhe

Too flakey for the flakey class.

Sep 18, 2006 23:07

So I'm taking this class that feels like the flakiest thing I could possibly imagine. The weekly problem sets involve haikus and collages. (Who knows, it may turn out to be actually substantial later, but this is definitely the first class I'd drop by FAR.)

The following email was just sent out by the prof (emphasis mine):
"Hello ( Read more... )

Comments 8

kmai September 19 2006, 03:38:55 UTC

I blame the freshmen. I'll go login to moodle. :/ I don't think anyone wrote in interweb speech when I took the class. Everyone took it very seriously. what a bunch of jerks.

telso September 19 2006, 04:36:11 UTC

1) Watch for spelling errors.

[...]

6) Try to use a rationale tone of voice.

Sorry, I just had to point that one out. And no, anyone who thinks it's appropriate to use IM-speak in a paper doesn't deserve to receive a passing grade.

qrhe September 19 2006, 12:05:54 UTC

Yeah, I noticed that too. Like I said, I might just drop the class.

emlette September 19 2006, 06:56:13 UTC

to be fair, i can totally understand fucking up this first assignment.
especially if, like me, you didn't get the whole "not due until sunday again" thing until after you finished it for thursday

well, i suppose i can understand it because i fucked it up

anyway, i should probably apologize for bringing the standard down. my bad.

qrhe September 19 2006, 12:05:04 UTC

I actually liked yours a lot. Your collage looked way nicer than any of my pieces of shit. As for interpretation problems, even that Erik guy who got held up as an example got the axes part wrong, so ha!

emlette September 20 2006, 00:52:56 UTC

i'd tell you what i thought of yours, but i actually didn't go through anyone's stuff not even super fancy Erik

taion September 19 2006, 11:18:55 UTC

6) Try to use a rationale tone of voice. Some of you are talking like
you may do on IM. u r not making a good case :-{ by speaking like this.

E. E. Cummings meets
a haiku? Ouch (too painful)-
text is text, not words.

laurajay September 19 2006, 21:29:06 UTC

Like seriously?!??!!??! Does going to a technical school really mean no one knows how to appropriately use the English language?

And then there's the opposite side...the people taking university science and math classes at less-technical schools that shouldn't have passed grade 9 math. After my brother's first university physics test, they prof had to do a lecture on slope becuase the concept had caused problems on the test (which probably had a failing average, as it seems a lot of my brother's first year tests did).