Pariah Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 What the gods get away with, the cows don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Cows do not have deity-like levels of ambition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Well, it's been bred out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 The Aurochs, on the other hand ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I keep having this conversation the last few days. "Mr. ______, is there something I can do to bring up my grade?" "Like what?" "Like extra credit?" "Did you do either of the extra credit assignments I offered this quarter?" "Which ones?" "Science Day or the chemistry carols." "No." "Then I don't know what to tell you." Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 With different student, or is it just the one with memory difficulties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I state up front in the syllabus that I never have extra credit, never, do not waste your time by asking. At the college level, this seems to get the point across. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 You sound like Visa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 This is a learned behavior. Those who ask for for extra credit work tend to do half-assed jobs at it, and/or waste my time in other ways. And as I get closer and closer to the end, I get more intolerant of those who make me waste time in ways I don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Also, I have always had a creeping suspicion that students blow off assignments they don't like (i.e., the ones that would do them the most good) much more if they think they can do extra credit to paste over the hole in their grade made by that avoidance. Telling them up front that this cannot happen wastes less of my time (certainly) and (I think, but I don't have double-blind test data to prove it) improves the completion rate of assignments. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 In the world of double-blind ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 ... everyone uses echolocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Imagine their hi-fi systems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 If they cheat on their significant others, would it be high infidelity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 ... You lost me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Probably not anything you'll miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Life proceeds, alas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 If they cheat on their significant others, would it be high infidelity? I got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Showoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Also, there's this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 ... Hello, nurse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 As opposed to High Anxiety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 One of his better movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Which includes some really good ones, though comedy tends to be era-specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Slapstick for the ages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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