Willow ,'Storyteller'
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full of many many frozen mochacino margueritas
I can haz holiday!!!!
Wheeeeee!
...'course, I've not even started writing my bloody reports, and they're due in as soon as we get back. So that's me busy over the weekend. But - holiday! In an exciting new location!
Hmm. Shall I order pizza? Or nachos?
Definitely nachos!
I just got an email from a student saying that she feels like she learns better from the professor's teaching style than from mine, and she wants to know if it will affect her grade if she doesn't come to the recitations. I'm ... a bit boggled.
No matter what the actual answer is, Hil, you should say yes.
Fay (or anyone really), I found our friend's blog (She's actually my real mother (not really, but that's what I call her)) in Singapore. If you care to read the musings of a Southern American living in Singapore with pictures! [link]
I apparently really like parens this morning.
Brought to you by Daisy's cold+Sudafed.
I could have slept all day
I could have slept all day
And still have slept some more....
Hil, if attendance at the recitations is part of the grade then just quote that part of the syllabus back to her without comment, unless it is to say, "everyone in the class will be graded according to these requirements."
I'm ... a bit boggled.
Um. Yeah. That's a bit bizarre. I can't imagine ever doing anything like that.
Attendance at the recitations isn't part of the grade. It's expected that they attend, but since I don't take attendance there, there's no way to enforce that.
See, I'd just tell her it is her choice, you can't promise her grade either way. Let her see where the chips fall.
I agree with Suzi. However, if there is something involved that could affect the grade, mention it as something she'll need to consider in her decision, e.g., "class participation has in the past been a factor considered when grading", esp. if you have to grade on a curve. I've always had to grade on a curve, and even though I didn't give specific points for participation, etc., I made sure they knew these were the things I turned to when I had to make the decision between who got an A and who got a B when the raw numbers made it too close to call.