Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.

'Heart Of Gold'


Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Hil R. - Sep 03, 2008 4:18:25 pm PDT #4282 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Oh, the calculus course that I'm TAing this semester is using WebAssign for certain homework assignments. It's a web-based system that lets the students see the homework problems on the screen, enter their answers, and immediately be told whether they're right or wrong, with a few chances to try again for the right answer. And it records all their scores so that they can be averaged into their final grade. (There are some problems that won't work with just entering an answer, so there are some written assignments, too, but a lot less grading than usual.)

I'm kind of iffy on this system. I can see both good and bad sides of it. Also, the design is horrible -- nothing is where you'd expect it to be.

But anyway. It costs something like $15 per semester for each student to use it. That's supposed to be included in the textbook price -- the textbook comes with a card with an access code. Judging by the number of "I can't find my access code" emails I've gotten today, I think the bookstore ordered the edition without the access code card.


Strix - Sep 03, 2008 4:19:24 pm PDT #4283 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

My application essay would look something like this, unfortunately: I wanna read books and talk about 'em, and stuff.

Definite cogitation needed!


amych - Sep 03, 2008 4:25:21 pm PDT #4284 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

WebAssign

I'm so sorry.


WindSparrow - Sep 03, 2008 4:38:20 pm PDT #4285 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Teppy and the Boy are completely gorgeous!

So very true!


Hil R. - Sep 03, 2008 4:54:02 pm PDT #4286 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Yeah, I've only been using WebAssign for two days, and it's already irritating me.

From an educational standpoint, I can see that it could be a good idea, maybe. I can see pluses and minuses. From a program design standpoint, it's horrible. Worse than Blackboard. (Which we're also using, but I've pretty much learned by now where everything is there.)


sj - Sep 03, 2008 5:08:19 pm PDT #4287 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Someone tell me to stop watching the RNC before either my eyes roll out of my head or I throw my TV out the window.


SailAweigh - Sep 03, 2008 5:09:08 pm PDT #4288 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

sj, stop watching the RNC! It will give you dain bramage!


Ginger - Sep 03, 2008 5:40:51 pm PDT #4289 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Oh, Sean. I'm vibing as hard as I can.


amych - Sep 03, 2008 5:43:34 pm PDT #4290 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

{{{Sean}}} and {{{S}}}. I'm vibing so hard, something somewhere is registering seismic activity.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 03, 2008 5:44:25 pm PDT #4291 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Vibing for S and Sean.