I just want a quick (less writing for me, with 30 papers to grade and me a math teacher) way of explaining why this isn't how we do it.
"Need individual citations for references -2",
You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jun 08, 2006 4:17:30 pm PDT #1319 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:19:18 pm PDT #1320 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Well, okay, yeah. I was thinking I'd give her some reasoning, but honestly, she should ask her English teacher. I'm sure she/he doesn't accept this sort of thing as a citation.
tommyrot - Jun 08, 2006 4:19:45 pm PDT #1321 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Mmm. This is the best burrito I've ever had. Or maybe it's the salsa.
In any event, I'll be going home happy....
sarameg - Jun 08, 2006 4:21:55 pm PDT #1322 of 10002
Emily, could you ding her for it, but allow her to earn it partially back by submitting a revised bibliography? I realize time is limited, but she should learn how to do it properly. Hey, and a lesson to include for future classes!
Last time I wrote a paper, we weren't so internet savvy. Which is freaky. I used it to FIND references, sure-but only a few, but then had to traipse to the library for the paper copies!
Even more freaky is that part of my job now involves reading papers and linking them to original data, so scientists, when they read a paper, can get to the source data and rerun it or incorporate it into their own research. And the data is available online. It's kind of mindblowing. It's a tedious task and yet when I look at the numbers and find out how heavily this utility is used, I'm a bit blown away. It turns out it is making a huge impact in research.
Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:26:52 pm PDT #1323 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
My favorite comment (at least of the last couple papers): "It was known by [X], a mathematician, that [blah]. He knew this because it was proved by [Y]." She doesn't have anything else to say about either one of them, just that one guy knew it, and he knew it because this other guy proved it.
Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:29:31 pm PDT #1324 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Emily, could you ding her for it, but allow her to earn it partially back by submitting a revised bibliography?
Eh, it's five points, and there was nothing else for me to take off for. It's an excellent grade regardless (I have to say, I'm almost embarrassed to be grading these so high, but it turns out our original assignment wasn't very specific, so all I can take off for is these minor execution details).
Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:33:24 pm PDT #1325 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hee. Hee. These papers are cracking my shit up.
-t - Jun 08, 2006 4:35:42 pm PDT #1326 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
She probably knows better, Emily. I think explaining would not be quick and is not really your job.
Jesse - Jun 08, 2006 4:39:14 pm PDT #1327 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I know there are websites on like "How not to plagiarize," that include how to cite works and stuff. Could you just point people there?
Jesse - Jun 08, 2006 4:42:35 pm PDT #1328 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, even better, just write: "Do a yahoo search on "citing sources"."