It's an interesting commentary on life when folding laundry is used as an excuse not to work on marking.
Why does grading in red pen seem more evil than other colours?
It's bizarre that camels on a slide are described as horses by a student. Should I make a sarcastic comment about someone needing glasses or is that just too mean? I think its harsh, maybe I'll leave it off and my boss won't get mad at me.
In a class called "Islamic art and architecture", writing that an object is from 'Islamic culture' is just a little bit obvious.
Dating a painting from said class as 667 C.E. is hopelessly wrong for so many reasons.
Also, if you haven't learned anything else in this class, at least know that figurative images do not appear in Qurans. Really...
And if you don't know the answer and are going to make something up, at least be creative so I can have a good laugh and give you a marginally better bad mark on the answer.
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Thanks for reminding me of the joys of not going to grad school.
I had a high school English teacher who called her red pen her "Macbeth."
Eli,
I must be a masochist since I love grad school and I love teaching! By that, I mean I love standing in front of a group of students and giving a lecture on a topic that interests me. I do not enjoy being frustrated by students who do not prepare adequately for tests that are very easy to do well on. But I suppose that is life?
I suppose that means you are not currently tempted to rejoin academia?
At least not currently attempting at the moment, but who the heck knows.
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