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[quote=Anonymous]I’ll respond to the college comment.  What I’ve observed is not that the students are dumber than ever.  But rather, they are surprised by the level of effort that they have to put in to get the grade they want.  I am very clear in my syllabus.  A B is what you earn for meeting the requirements.  If you want an A, you have to deliver beyond the requirements.  That could be additional analysis, inclusion of alternative perspectives, or tying the assignment into the larger overall topic, or anything else that is beyond the scope.  Students seem to believe that if they turn in a document, it should be an A because “they worked hard on it”.

I offer my students a pre-read with comments retuned before the assignment is due.  I also offer them 2 additional opportunities to resubmit.  This is college.  I am not going to address every single item that needs work.  I am going to give you guidance and ask questions for you to consider or point out contradictions.  I do expect that your paper is grammatically correct and I can follow the flow of your document.  If you make the same error throughout your document, I will note it the first time but I expect that you understand you need to correct every subsequent error.

It’s the lack of effort and to a certain degree, the lack of pride in their work that I object to.

Last semester I had a student resubmit rewritten paragraphs.  Not rewritten within the context of the original document, just rewritten paragraphs on a piece of paper.  When I returned it with a F, her comment was that I didn’t ask for corrections on the other paragraphs and since those were okay, she assumed I would just insert her new paragraphs into her original document.  I don’t know if this is lazy or dumb, but I do know I’m not doing your work for you.[/quote]

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