students make me want to hit things. students, mostly.

[rhyll]

Just had a brief look over the essays coming in. Apparently, half of them are incapable of understanding simple instructions:
* About half put their name on their essay,
* About a quarter used single spacing,
* In a few I glanced at, despite the notice I posted to the discussion board about Wikipedia and online encyclopedias, they had referenced Wikipedia. In their first paragraph. Several times.

Grrr. I will be telling them off, in the coming week. Sternly.

Comments

[boofuls.livejournal.com]

I think that deserves a LOL.

[(Anonymous)]

be prepared for many years' of ongoing frustration:-) but some of them do learn... eventually. sorry you had a bad day. try to see the humour though (some of the words of wisdom will undoubtedly make you laugh).

[(Anonymous)]

oh, another thing - have fun telling them off:-)

[tiny-monster.livejournal.com]

what do you teach? i am a postgrad teaching in english and this is the first semester my little darlings have used wikipedia as a source. it is truly a new low.

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

I'm teaching political science. It's particularly irritating given that I specifically told them not to use Wikipedia in their essays.

Once again: grrr.

[boxer-the-horse.livejournal.com]

Grrr the Robot from Invader Zim is so excellent - "I was the turkey all along!!!!!'

'sayin.

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

*giggles hysterically*

"I saw a squirrel! It was doing like this!"

[tiny-monster.livejournal.com]

a fellow-postgrad-slave from history was talking about this, and i asked him what he said to his students. he replied, "i asked them, where's your self-respect?"

[alexmoon.livejournal.com]

*bursts out laughing*

I've had similar impulses.