tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183063800153795807.post4309664642130413833..comments2023-06-20T08:09:28.225-07:00Comments on Dissertation Under Construction: Sewing and ErrandsEileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10165692458130517925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183063800153795807.post-9278418411863188232011-05-07T06:59:38.756-07:002011-05-07T06:59:38.756-07:00Hmmm, those gender neutral pronouns are awfully di...Hmmm, those gender neutral pronouns are awfully distracting...and to be honest quite annoying, but I still get what you're saying. At least you can relax that you did your best with this student.<br />Your jacket is coming along nicely! I hope to get back to mine some day soon ;)Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183063800153795807.post-58119937244516248362011-05-07T06:33:44.211-07:002011-05-07T06:33:44.211-07:00You know, I think it's totally fair to take in...You know, I think it's totally fair to take into account the student's asshattery. It's not even exactly punitive on your part: you are holding zie responsible for knowledge zie had access to. And even if zie hadn't consulted with you earlier in the semester, you still would assign a grade that reflected gross errors. For example: my student who wrote a paper in which zie argued that the Holocaust was "just for show" and that the Jews provoked it themselves got a D-. (I'm still peeved that I wasn't allowed to give zie an F.) "Well, maybe zie just didn't know" wasn't a relevant excuse. It's okay to teach graduating seniors a lesson -- even if they never bother to pick up the paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com