I mark papers on the computer using highlighting and comment boxes (no strike-through as I want my students to make the actual changes on the essay). But I can easily understand why someone wouldn't want to mark papers in red if students react badly to it. At least for me, the primary message I want my student to hear is not "this is why your paper sucked" it's "here's the way you can do this better next time."
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Burrell - Oct 20, 2011 11:06:33 am PDT #2449 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Consuela - Oct 20, 2011 11:15:43 am PDT #2450 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
There's a cupcake truck near my office today. So I got three: 1 for me and 1 each for the admin staff.
My tiramisu cupcake is staring at me. I think I need to finish digesting lunch, and then get a cup of tea, first.
Burrell - Oct 20, 2011 11:17:08 am PDT #2451 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have birthday cake!
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2011 11:17:22 am PDT #2452 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm a bitch and not in the business of educating minds, but I think it's as important for students to get over a phobia of red pens as it is to learn what mistakes they made on their paper. Real life is going to kick their asses, if red pens "dispirit".
I didn't know there was a this, and coolness that Alan Cumming (and Paul Fitzgerald, who I didn't know anything about before) are standing up in support.
Scrappy - Oct 20, 2011 11:18:55 am PDT #2453 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Someone brought in teacakes today. [link] It was the perfect thing to eat while listening to more of this webinar on Diversity Hiring.
Theodosia - Oct 20, 2011 11:20:22 am PDT #2454 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Amy, I just use the saline nasal spray you get OTC, small enough to keep the bottle in my purse. That way I can use a couple squirts a day. Colds have been rarer since I started doing it.
Allyson - Oct 20, 2011 11:22:51 am PDT #2455 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Trying to understand the mj doctor protestors. Would i be outside with a picket sign for some joss issue? No. I saw one in a veil like she was in mourning all this time. Also, jurors are making friends with each other. I am a master of the unapproachable face. I hope.
Allyson - Oct 20, 2011 11:24:06 am PDT #2456 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Also they tried to confiscate my lip gloss.
sumi - Oct 20, 2011 11:24:49 am PDT #2457 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Toddson - Oct 20, 2011 11:26:55 am PDT #2458 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I got something called Ayr - it's a plastic bottle, comes with packets to mix up with warm water. You squeeze the bottle fairly strongly and it forces the mixture up into your sinuses. I could never figure out how a neti pot could work but this works well for me.