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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Depends on which class I'm teaching.  Intro macro is different than say macro theory or a seminar on banking policy.  For my intro classes, I assume that the students have read the pre assigned chapters as indicated in the syllabus.  I'll briefly review the key points that the students really need to comprehend.  Then I'll show students how whatever concept we're studying is being applied today,  I try and make the dry as relevant as possible so that students will care about the material.  If there is a quantitative component that week, I might review problems.[/quote]

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