You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


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"."


-t - Jun 08, 2006 4:46:45 pm PDT #1329 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

You really are on top of things, Jesse.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2006 4:48:26 pm PDT #1330 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was a student very recently, remember.


-t - Jun 08, 2006 4:50:43 pm PDT #1331 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

And now you are a Master.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2006 4:53:02 pm PDT #1332 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

True that.


Ginger - Jun 08, 2006 4:54:25 pm PDT #1333 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Tell her to do a Yahoo search on "works cited"?

eta: Great minds crosspost...


Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:55:13 pm PDT #1334 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Thanks for the suggestion, Jesse. I did just have to tell one student that I could not grade it as it was handed in because it is almost directly from the Web (which kills me, because he handed in a rough draft. Did he even read my comments?). So I told him to do a web search on "plagiarism paraphrase" so he'd understand the problem.


Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:56:16 pm PDT #1335 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

And here's another one which seems to have the same errors as her rough draft. I'm feeling less amused as I get further into the stack.


Jesse - Jun 08, 2006 4:56:56 pm PDT #1336 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I've got to say, Emily, grading papers seems like the worst task ever. I mean, I nearly gave myself a heart attack today trying not to make someone add semicolons to her bulletpoints.