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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College prof. here. It doesn't get any better.  My students can't write or think.  They are surprised when they get a redlined paper back with a reflecting grade.  I expect cohesive thoughts presented in an orderly fashion that makes a point.  Most of my students cannot do this.

Since I teach college I do not allow them to submit for regrades.  It's hard to understand their point when you're scratching your head trying to read and reread a paper.

As for thinking, forget critical thinking.  My students expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter and then expect me to follow up with them.  They fail to read the syllabus and somehow think that a deadline is merely a suggestion not an actual due date.  Every semester a number of students are surprised that a paper is due or that a quiz is coming up.  I know the dates are out there because many students know these events are coming.  And the ones that ask how they were supposed to know a quiz was coming make me shake my head.

Of course during evaluations I am the worst professor they've ever had.  I don't make exceptions and I grade too harshly.[/quote]

What class do you teach?  Is it a writing class? English? History? Humanities?[/quote]

College prof, I'm curious: what does a typical day in your class look like?

Economics[/quote][/quote]

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