Wish Me Luck & Much Amusement

[Warik]

Tomorrow, my Analytical Research Report wil be returned to me by my Technical Writing "teacher." He has already expressed his discontent with my paper and feels that it is not even remotely close to what was required of me.

I am under the assumption that my grade will be less-than-below-average. I feel this is due to the fact that he is grading the person as opposed to grading the paper. I truly do not see how a paper supporting the right to carry concealed weapons could be "bad" if someone as liberal as RyanH regarded it as "very persuasive" and "good & informative." Could it be that the "teacher" decided: "It's Warik's paper and I dislike him. It seems that since his previous papers were so awesome, I will need to give him an <X> even though I fucked him on his previous papers as well to get him a 'C' or a 'D'" ??? Seems very possible to me.

As such, I will most likely be taking a trip to the Dean of the English Department tomorrow shortly after having my paper returned with its unfairly low grade. Wish me much luck in obtaining an audience with the Dean, and much amusement when the Dean takes my side and rapes the professor.

I recall someone on here suggesting this course of action to me if things came to this... I believe it was my good buddy nordstrom...? Has anyone done this before? How long can I expect to wait before this is resolved? Will the Dean listen to me & look over my paper right away? Is only my grade on the paper at stake, or can my grade in the class be determined based on the utter awesomeness of the final paper alone?

My professor is such a dick. I hope this causes great inconvenience in his life.

-Warik

 

[spentagn]

Did you ask him to call you Warik? Cause that might be the problem, I dunno. I have a speech prof who hates me cause I used rice cube in a presentation, and called him by his name. It was in reference to the declining state of social security and its benefits. I also made reference to social security "disappearing like Chandra Leavy," accompanied by photo. Needless to say, I may have to retake this class

 

[plainjane]

luck and much amusement

It is unfortunate but true that some professors let their personal feelings interfere with their judgement. My husbands' father is the president of a prestigious university. While attending a different university in the same area, a professor there would make comments to him regarding his father like "what kind of car does the president of xxx university drive?" or crap stuff like that, obviously letting his personal dislike of his father affect his judgement.

 

[Warik]

Amazing that almost no one knows how to reply to a simple question. That's OK, at least someone cares.

spentagn,

Yes. I write "Warik" on all of my papers. Sorry to hear about your presentation. It was definitely deserving of an "A."

plainjane,

He simply doesn't like me because I'm a conservative and he's a flaming liberal. He had the complete absentmindedness to say that the lottery was "unfair" and that it "preyed on the poor." Right. An inanimate $1 ticket knows how to prey. Lovely. He almost yelled at me because I was the only one in the class who didn't kiss his butt and agree.

What a fool.

-Warik

 

[Warik]

Wow, surprise surprise. He didn't like my paper. Gave me a 165 out of 200 and refused to indicate where I lost those 35 points. The paper barely had any red marks on it. It's almost as if he picked the magic number 165 out of the sky.

My current grade robs me of the "A" I easily had and places me 20 points away from a "B+." Fucking dick thinks he can throw me a cookie like you throw to a little doggy so he doesn't bite you. We'll see about that, asshole.

-Warik

 

[musclebrains]

Ugh. While it's cool to excercise the courage of your convictions, I learned in my doctorate program that it's a helluva lot, um, easier to read a few articles a professor has written and write accordingly. I don't mean that you should write something counter to your own beliefs, but to look for something compatible.

Anyway, I encourage you to find out what he found disappointing in the paper. A professor in my last doctoral class wrote the most unbelievably inappropriate remarks on my paper and, although he gave me an A, I certainly sent a copy to the head of my program.

 

[HamsterHider]

WARIK, LOOK AT YOUR SYLLABUS, IT SHOULD TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF WHAT IS DETERMINING YOUR FINAL GRADE. AS FAR AS SEEING THE DEAN IT MAY BE A WAIT THIS TIME OF YEAR AROUND FINALS. BUT BE PERSISTANT AS IN DAILY PHONE CALLS TO THE OFFICE OR EMAILS SINCE IT IS THE THING OF COMMUNICATION BY UNIVERSITY STAFF. I WOULD GIVE YOU AN A JUST FOR LIKING MONEYBAGS.

 

[WODIN]

Warik you crack me up guy. Good luck on your quest.

 

[Warik]

musclebrains,

His main (verbal, of course, he didn't write jack on the paper) reasons for lowering my grade were that:

a) I did not "analyze." - WTF did I do for 6 pages, then?
b) I was biased. - Have you ever written a persuasive paper without choosing a side?
c) My sources were not "credible." - He didn't recognize them; therefore, they are not "credible." I suppose Dan Duchaine was not a credible source for AS information, then? I'm sure my professor hasn't heard of him.

I thought the most amusing part was when I said on my paper that Canada often found itself facing 30% more violent crime than the U.S. between 1972 and 1991. He said that the statistic was absurd, ridiculous, unbelievable, unjustified, etc blahblahbalbhalbha. He said that he wouldn't believe that unless it was from a credible source in Canada. I then informed the dumb shit that if he had actually LOOKED at my sources (which he obviously did not) then he would see that the statistics came from the Canadian Center for Justice Statistics and that the U.S. statistics came from the FBI. I then asked him if those were credible enough or if he would prefer that I got a written statement from President Bush and the Canadian Prime Minster.

Know what he said afterwards? He's there telling me: "You think I have time to look at everyone's sources?" What a fool. If he's going to criticize someone's sources, he should at least have the courtesy to look at them first.

HH,

Syllabus is less-than-informative. Doesn't even have his office room or office phone # listed. Hell, doesn't even say how the final grade is calculated. I went ahead and spoke to a woman in in the dean's office who is going to give my paper to a man who supposedly has the power to do something about it. Hopefully, they'll give me a call before I leave campus.

It's sad that I have to do this. I can't believe they allow such mediocrity to educate America's youth.

-Warik

 

[Milhouse]

Definately pursue action. This fuckhead is supposed to be neutral and grading your paper not on an opinion he does not agree with.

If that fails, hire Satanic Goatslayer to gut him and feed his spleen to the rest of the class.

 

[Binky]

It is always someone else's fault.....

 

[spentagn]

It is always someone else's fault.....

I suppose you're hot shit.

 

[danielson]

the higher up in the uni you go the greater potential for arrogance i guess

thats what it is i guess if something doesnt conform to his sense of correctness he'll dismiss it without even checking the validity of the source and just assuming its wrong

 

[Binky]

I suppose you're hot shit.

Hardly, But if I had a dime for everytime some know-it-all
whined about their grades....I'd be rich.

( I taught assembler programming at a local college)

It's always the teacher fault, they don't like me, blah,blah.
Maybe the paper just didn't measure up.
Is it really that tough to think maybe that's all it is????

Thank you though for your input...I will file it accordingly

 

[spentagn]

Hardly, But if I had a dime for everytime some know-it-all
whined about their grades....I'd be rich.

( I taught assembler programming at a local college)

It's always the teacher fault, they don't like me, blah,blah.
Maybe the paper just didn't measure up.
Is it really that tough to think maybe that's all it is????

Thank you though for your input...I will file it accordingly

Congrats on teaching. Those who can, do. And those who can't, well you know how that goes. To assume that arrogance of professors doesn't play a huge role in grading is idiotic. But, reading what I did of Warik's paper, I do find it difficult to believe that it didn't "measure up." Thanks for playing though. Back to teaching juco.

 

[Binky]

Congrats on teaching. Those who can, do. And those who can't, well you know how that goes. To assume that arrogance of professors doesn't play a huge role in grading is idiotic. But, reading what I did of Warik's paper, I do find it difficult to believe that it didn't "measure up." Thanks for playing though. Back to teaching juco.

Well, since I've been "doing" for 15 years, I'll dismiss your comment as a rather weak come-back attempt.
Of course arrogance comes into play. IT IS a game you play
with them. If you were in their spot, you would do likewise.
If he's a difficult person to deal with of course he'll get ridden
harder. Is that the teacher's fault???? Hardly.
Play the game and get thru it.
And after reading many,many of Warik's post, I detect a
small amount of arrogance / know-it-all in him.
So if the paper did measure up (in your opinion) then
maybe he should check his attitude at the door.

 

[spentagn]

Well, since I've been "doing" for 15 years, I'll dismiss your comment as a rather weak come-back attempt.
Of course arrogance comes into play. IT IS a game you play
with them. If you were in their spot, you would do likewise.
If he's a difficult person to deal with of course he'll get ridden
harder. Is that the teacher's fault???? Hardly.
Play the game and get thru it.
And after reading many,many of Warik's post, I detect a
small amount of arrogance / know-it-all in him.
So if the paper did measure up (in your opinion) then
maybe he should check his attitude at the door.

The paper measured up in RyanH's opinion. Surely you'll respect his blessing, seeing as how he never agrees with Warik, reeks of his own arrogance, and is finishing up law school.

 

[Binky]

The paper measured up in RyanH's opinion. Surely you'll respect his blessing, seeing as how he never agrees with Warik, reeks of his own arrogance, and is finishing up law school.

I respect Warik Much,Much,Much,Much,Much more....enough said.

 

[Warik]

Hardly, But if I had a dime for everytime some know-it-all
whined about their grades....I'd be rich.

( I taught assembler programming at a local college)

It's always the teacher fault, they don't like me, blah,blah.
Maybe the paper just didn't measure up.

No offense, but did it ever occur to you that if teachers were as infallible as they claimed they were, they would not be wasting their time working for meager wages at a school?

I took, and easily passed assembly language programming at this college. I found it amusing how the only points I ever lost were due to "insufficient comments." Does this mean that my comments "didn't measure up," or that my teacher was not sufficiently skilled to understand them despite the fact that the code present was simple and straightforward enough for even a remotely skilled programmer to understand without comments?

You think "maybe the paper didn't just measure up?" OK, then how do you explain me only getting 25 out of 50 participation points in the class despite the fact that I was in class every day (fact, I was not absent a single time) and participated in almost every lecture. As a matter of fact, I will go so far as to say that my total participation in the class was greater than that of any other student. Know what I think? I think the reason I only got 50% participation points was due to the fact that I did not kiss the teacher's ass during the lectures. He spoke of social security, I said it was a bad idea and that I'd rather invest my money in the stock market. He told me that it was risky and stupid. I told him that the stock market averaged an annual return of 8% since its inception, including the Great Depression, which is 4 times greater than the yield of social security. He got pissed and changed the topic.

Now that's what I call some objective teaching.

The paper was a persuasive paper which made mention of several tactics opponents would use to defeat it, and even used some of those tactics to its advantage. As a matter of fact, one of my more important points came from a pro gun control source even though my paper was arguing for the opposite! Maybe the professor's abilities as a teacher are that which do not "measure up."

-Warik

 

[dballer]

Warik...
Being friends with you and knowing how perfect your views are.. I think that your teacher may be set back. His small mind might be crippled with your logic... he may not be able to understand that you are not the only one on earth with your views.

I doubt he will let this paper effect your overall grade.. but if he is a liberal.. he may try to use it against you in the future. You know.. they are weak minded people.

 

[spentagn]

dballer, that's some funny shit.

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

Well, since I've been "doing" for 15 years, I'll dismiss your comment as a rather weak come-back attempt.
Of course arrogance comes into play. IT IS a game you play
with them. If you were in their spot, you would do likewise.
If he's a difficult person to deal with of course he'll get ridden
harder. Is that the teacher's fault???? Hardly.
Play the game and get thru it.
And after reading many,many of Warik's post, I detect a
small amount of arrogance / know-it-all in him.
So if the paper did measure up (in your opinion) then
maybe he should check his attitude at the door.

That is complete bullshit. You should not have to play any type of game with these professors. I would bet that Warik's paper did measure up, but because the teacher is a liberal against private ownership of guns, he based his grade on personal opinion. That is bullshit and you know it. It has happened to me many times. I wrote two papers, one on getting rid of social security and one on hate crimes, the teacher gave me a below average grade simply because she disagreed with my analysis.

As for his attitude, it is much the same as mine. I will question everything be taught or spewed by these people. I am sorry some people do not just want to go along with the professors and their opinion so that they are brainwashed idiots.

 

[Binky]

I think the reason I only got 50% participation points was due to the fact that I did not kiss the teacher's ass during the lectures.

-Warik

I think you've got it sport.

If your paper was good...then great.
If your paper wasn't good....then learn from it.
If your arguing with the teacher in front of the class.....You are
gonna have trouble.
You've got to play his game...it's his class. Period.
If you really think you have a valid beef about a grade then
by all means follow up on it.
But, If you've been a pain-in-the-pullman then you are
reaping what you sow.
Maybe he is an idiot, I don't know.
I also didn't read your paper and don't know what the
ground rules for it were.
Either way...Good luck.

P.S. Try re-building source code endlessly from assembled
modules sometime, You'll know why the comments are
not just for 'insufficiently skilled' programmers. It is a huge
waste of time when just a few simple comments in the
original source code would help......IM(real-world working stiff)O.

 

[JohnnyO]

Did you post the paper here?

 

[Warik]

I doubt he will let this paper effect your overall grade.. but if he is a liberal.. he may try to use it against you in the future. You know.. they are weak minded people.

He already did.

My paper + 20 points = the grade I should have = an "A" in the course.

My paper = a "B+" in the course.

Effect on me this has in the overall scheme of life? None, but would you go to a gas station charging $1.15 for gas when all the others only charge $1.10?

When does the bullshit pile up high enough for one to have to call in the clean-up crew? Immediately.

-Warik

 

[Binky]

I will question everything be taught or spewed by these people.

You should be commended for doing so......
Thinking for yourself should never be discouraged.

Being open to other people's opinion's should be
encouraged also. Maybe your teacher had one. Right or wrong.

Debating them in front of the class though is not any different
than someone coming into your place of employment and
debating you on your ideas and opinions. How would you feel.
If it were me, I would grade a little diffferent for attitude people.

 

[Warik]

If your paper was good...then great.
If your paper wasn't good....then learn from it.
If your arguing with the teacher in front of the class.....You are
gonna have trouble.
You've got to play his game...it's his class. Period.
If you really think you have a valid beef about a grade then
by all means follow up on it.

Oh I certainly think I have a valid "beef" about the paper's grade. The paper is definitely higher than the mere 80% he gave it. I saw the topic and introduction of another paper he thought was "exemplary" and it made ALL of the same "mistakes" that I made! How amusing. I brought this to his attention to when picking up my paper. His comment? "Ok, I'm sorry. The introduction I made copies of and handed out was pointless and a waste of everyone's time. Why don't you try teaching?" What a pompous asshole.

But, If you've been a pain-in-the-pullman then you are
reaping what you sow.
Maybe he is an idiot, I don't know.

Trust me, he's an idiot. I haven't heard one good thing about him in response to what I've told anyone else, regardless of how I sugar coated it. My old Literary Analysis teacher responded to my stories by telling me that it's a shame that people have to deal with such incompetence. Most interesting.

P.S. Try re-building source code endlessly from assembled
modules sometime, You'll know why the comments are
not just for 'insufficiently skilled' programmers.

There's a difference between comments and the stuff he had me write. Apparently I had to comment almost every line, even for the most trivial, intuitive things. Scroll the screen upwards? Change text color? Better write a "; Move 10 to the AX register" comment so the guy knows you're moving 10 to the AX register since "mov ax,10" is not clear enough.

That's the kind of shit I had to put up with, dude. I know what I'm talking about.

I lost 5 points on a C++ program once because one character of one of my comments wrapped to the next line when I printed the source code out. When was the last time you opted to print out the program in black & white to review it instead of reading the syntax-highlighted version on the 21" monitor? I haven't either.

-Warik

 

[Warik]

Did you post the paper here?

No. It's kind of long. If you're bored at work and want to take a look at it, hop on ICQ.

-Warik

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

You should be commended for doing so......
Thinking for yourself should never be discouraged.

Being open to other people's opinion's should be
encouraged also. Maybe your teacher had one. Right or wrong.

Debating them in front of the class though is not any different
than someone coming into your place of employment and
debating you on your ideas and opinions. How would you feel.
If it were me, I would grade a little diffferent for attitude people.

Ok, here is an example.

My econ teacher tried to convince everyone in my class that a lottery was unfair to the poor. I disagreed and engaged in an argument in front of the class. I am sorry that I will not allow other to be brainwashed by this person. She gave only one side and that was her side. Had I not said anything, I would bet that at least 50% of that class would have just concurred with her opinion. That is ridiculous and I will always stand up for my beliefs whether or not it hurts me in the end. If a teacher grades in this matter, then they are not even deserving of an ounce of my respect. They are a disgrace to academia and the University.

 

[Warik]

Being open to other people's opinion's should be
encouraged also. Maybe your teacher had one. Right or wrong.

I'm always open to other people's opinions until I conclude that they are incorrect. If someone comes to me with a different idea of existence, then I'm all ears until he tells me: "MAYBE WE DON'T REALLY EXIST... MAYBE SOMEONE IS..... IMAGINING US!"

Debating them in front of the class though is not any different
than someone coming into your place of employment and
debating you on your ideas and opinions. How would you feel.
If it were me, I would grade a little diffferent for attitude people.

Ah, but there's a difference between debate and argument. The analogy is also slightly different. If my place of employment is a supermarket and some vegetarian comes to bitch at me about being evil for selling meat, then that is inappropriate because a public supermarket during normal business hours is not the forum for such a discussion. If the class is an open forum, however, where everyone is allowed to give input, I don't see why mine should be excluded simply because it is contrary to that of the teacher. You think social security is a good idea? Well, I don't, so let's talk about it. If you don't want to talk about it, don't bring it up. It's like a defense attorney telling the prosecutor that his momma is so fat and then objecting to the judge when the prosecutor tries to think up a witty comeback.

-Warik

 

[Binky]

His comment? "Ok, I'm sorry. The introduction I made copies of and handed out was pointless and a waste of everyone's time. Why don't you try teaching?" What a pompous asshole.


I lost 5 points on a C++ program once because one character of one of my comments wrapped to the next line when I printed the source code out. When was the last time you opted to print out the program in black & white to review it instead of reading the syntax-highlighted version on the 21" monitor? I haven't either.


-Warik

I would guess (based on that response) that you've wore him
out. He's obviously had enough of you (based on that response).
I still think it takes 2 to play that game. Just my .02


Line wrap sucks

 

[Warik]

My econ teacher tried to convince everyone in my class that a lottery was unfair to the poor.

LOL, same here! My teacher said that the lottery was unethical and that they preyed on the poor. He also said that increasing the number of drawings each week from 1 to 2 was unethical because it caused more people to buy lottery tickets. Apparently, my self-evident claim that NO ONE IS FORCING ANYONE TO BUY LOTTERY TICKETS was irrelevant to the discussion. He dismissed it and told me that it didn't matter.

It doesn't matter? Wtf? So he can say "lottery = unfair to the poor" and I have to debate against it with proof, but he can say "it doesn't matter" whenever I provide any such proof? A disgusting joke - plain and simple. It's a shame to see that "education" has de-evoled into this.

-Warik

 

[strongchick]

I am under the assumption that my grade will be less-than-below-average.

I feel this is due to the fact that he is grading the person as opposed to grading the paper
<snip>

My professor is such a dick. I hope this causes great inconvenience in his life.

-Warik

He may very well be grading the person, not the paper. That's life. It sucks, doesn't it?

You've stated clearly your feelings about me...and when I read it, I thought "THAT was out of left field".

Perhaps you are a dick in real life, too.

And before you haul back and aim shit at me, think about what I'm saying, and look at yourself in the mirror.

 

[strongchick]

You should be commended for doing so......
Thinking for yourself should never be discouraged.

Being open to other people's opinion's should be
encouraged also. Maybe your teacher had one. Right or wrong.

Debating them in front of the class though is not any different
than someone coming into your place of employment and
debating you on your ideas and opinions. How would you feel.
If it were me, I would grade a little diffferent for attitude people.

yup. That's just the way it is.

 

[dballer]

Warik... take a look in the mirror.. I do it all the time to boost my ego.

 

[Binky]

Ok, here is an example.

My econ teacher tried to convince everyone in my class that a lottery was unfair to the poor. I disagreed and engaged in an argument in front of the class. I am sorry that I will not allow other to be brainwashed by this person. She gave only one side and that was her side. Had I not said anything, I would bet that at least 50% of that class would have just concurred with her opinion. That is ridiculous and I will always stand up for my beliefs whether or not it hurts me in the end. If a teacher grades in this matter, then they are not even deserving of an ounce of my respect. They are a disgrace to academia and the University.

Your post speaks for itself.
Obviously your opinion is never wrong.
Obviously engaging in an argument in front of the class
is in the best interest of at least 50% of the students.
Thankfully, I also am not deserving of your respect since I
would grade you based on your 'knowing' what is better for
half the class.
I however would rather listen to the teacher's opinion,
(wrong though it may be) and form my own opinion than
listen to some stroke argue about it and try and convince
everyone in the class that only he is right.
Congratulations on standing up for your belief's whether it
hurt's you or not. True Belligerence is an art form.

 

[Warik]

Re: Re: Wish Me Luck & Much Amusement

He may very well be grading the person, not the paper. That's life. It sucks, doesn't it?

You've stated clearly your feelings about me...and when I read it, I thought "THAT was out of left field".

Perhaps you are a dick in real life, too.

And before you haul back and aim shit at me, think about what I'm saying, and look at yourself in the mirror.

I didn't think it was out of left field. I didn't like what you said or how you said it, and since that was somewhat the topic of the thread, I pointed it out. Hey, I thought I was pretty cordial in how I said it. Much more cordial than "perhaps you are a dick in real life, too" I'm sure.

See dballer's response for my comments on your mirror theory.

-Warik

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

Your post speaks for itself.
Obviously your opinion is never wrong.
Obviously engaging in an argument in front of the class
is in the best interest of at least 50% of the students.
Thankfully, I also am not deserving of your respect since I
would grade you based on your 'knowing' what is better for
half the class.
I however would rather listen to the teacher's opinion,
(wrong though it may be) and form my own opinion than
listen to some stroke argue about it and try and convince
everyone in the class that only he is right.
Congratulations on standing up for your belief's whether it
hurt's you or not. True Belligerence is an art form.

No you are quite wrong in thinking that I believe only my opinion is correct. But how is it fair to only be able to hear half the argument? What kind of opinion could you draw if all you heard was that a lottery was unfair to the poor. You would have zero basis for deciding against the argument. You like many others seem to believe that these teachers are all knowing. Sorry but I could very well do without any of these professors. How hard is it to teach directly out of the book? Another reason why I rarely attend some of my classes yet still make an "A" in the course. Typical teacher, side with your colleagues no matter the situation.

 

[Binky]

No you are quite wrong in thinking that I believe only my opinion is correct. But how is it fair to only be able to hear half the argument? What kind of opinion could you draw if all you heard was that a lottery was unfair to the poor. You would have zero basis for deciding against the argument. You like many others seem to believe that these teachers are all knowing. Sorry but I could very well do without any of these professors. How hard is it to teach directly out of the book? Another reason why I rarely attend some of my classes yet still make an "A" in the course. Typical teacher, side with your colleagues no matter the situation.

Discussion = fruitful.
Arguement = Insulting.
Classroom Know-it-all's = Disruptive.
Typical teacher???? I taught a few programming classes at a local college, hardly a typical teacher.
I've held so many different jobs that assigning a career name
to me is not possible.
futhermore, I side with no one on this, there are good and bad apples in every profession.
I, however would never give you an 'A' for rarely attending,
just as I'd fire you at work for the same attendence.

I was giving Warik constructive advice/critisiscm based on my
life experiences. No more...No less.

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

Argument/discussion....essentially the same thing in this type of situation.

Grades are not assigned based on attendence, but instead on the work that is done by the student. I do have classes in which attendence is used as a basis for grading (ridiculous) and I attend those everyday.

My whole point has been that it is unfair to grade on personal opinion. Maybe if the teacher put in the paper requirements that his/her personal opinion accounts for 20 points then maybe I would understand. Otherwise the paper should have been graded on the requirement presented by the teacher whether that be content, sources, spelling and grammar, etc.

 

[Binky]

Argument/discussion....essentially the same thing in this type of situation.

Grades are not assigned based on attendence, but instead on the work that is done by the student. I do have classes in which attendence is used as a basis for grading (ridiculous) and I attend those everyday.

My whole point has been that it is unfair to grade on personal opinion. Maybe if the teacher put in the paper requirements that his/her personal opinion accounts for 20 points then maybe I would understand. Otherwise the paper should have been graded on the requirement presented by the teacher whether that be content, sources, spelling and grammar, etc.

I was just gonna let this go but.......

Do you live in real life??? I mean seriously.
Read your post again.
Argument/discussion is not the same in this situation,
this is the worse situation to confuse the two IMO.
Personal opinions account for much in life, work,school, relationships, everything.
Do they really need to put signs up stating that 'disruptive people'
will be treated differently???? No.
It should be common sense but sadly isn't.

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

Uh, the teacher asks for questions and comments at the end of each class. If me questioning her for comments made earlier is disruptive then so be it.

I do not pay my hard earned money for some professor to base my grade on whether or not she likes me. I expect my work to be graded based on requirements set forth when the assignment was assigned. No more and no less.

It's just a worthless piece of paper in the end so I am really not that upset.

 

[buddy28]

Warik

id recommend you find out *exactly* what the expected requirements are for each paper, and the weighting for each requirement. That way youll know beforhand what you need to concentrate on in order to get a good mark.

Technical Writing, sounds like an English class with focus on anaylitical essay writing.

A couple of key points when writing analytical essays. Always strive to be as objective as possible, even if you dont agree with arguments made by one side. Try to appreciate each argument from a purely logical/theoritcal perspective, not an emotional one. Often emotion can cloud rational objectivity and form a personal bias thatll be expressed in the paper. Attempt to present the issues in an unbiased mannor -- meaning, even if a given proof clearly supports the theory in question, recognize the validity of the other arguments and how theyre logically refuted by evidence that supports the thesis.

As a general rule though, the more your thesis deviates from your profs personal opinions about a certain topic, the more compelling your arguments have to be.

In defense of your prof though. The academia exhibits a selfcorrecting characteristic not unlike science. Phd's and fellowship positions are awarded to canidates whose knowledge and personal leanings reflect popular academic opinion. The legitmacy of popular academic opinion is derived from mass peer review where current theories are refined or replaced by objective evidence. The law of numbers dictates the most probable theory given the existing knowledge base will be adopted by Profs, since their judgement is based on objective anaylsis of verfied facts, rather than personal feelings. Consequently, its unlikely your prof is out to left feild, assuming your going to a decent school.

Its not to say that profs are always right, but they spend their lives investigating shit we spend a semester on. Therefore, theres probably alot of truth to what they talking about. Sure the social sciences arnt subject to the rigorous demands of the "hard" sciences, but the relationships, although difficult to quantify, are present between society and culture.

The inabilty to quantify and disseminate irrefutable evidence in the social sciences allows personal political affliation like "conservatism" and "liberalism" to subjectivily interprete seemingly compelling evidence..,..........


there is never an absolute right or an absolute wrong in the social sciences, there is only *more* right or *less* wrong based on moral assumptions popular in the academia.

sorry for thelength

 

[musclebrains]

Damn, Warik, I just read your tagline:

"Recognize your own limitations and ignore them.
Recognize others' limitations and exploit them."

I wonder if this philosophy is failing you at the moment -- or if you have been the victim of your own philosophy.

I've made my living taking unpopular positions, and you better get used to people "grading your person" as Strongchick put it when they don't want to deal with your ideas.