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."
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
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.