tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post116483130044474239..comments2023-07-17T05:07:53.982-07:00Comments on clashing hats: Depressing paperHilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1165163900079349132006-12-03T08:38:00.000-08:002006-12-03T08:38:00.000-08:00Sorry to be replying so late, Mireille...I think y...Sorry to be replying so late, Mireille...<BR/><BR/>I think you have to be honest. But it's the language you choose to use that matters. Always say something nice to open your comments - sometimes it's really hard to think of something nice, but you can pull something out. Then move into the negatives, and talk about "the paper" instead of "you". <BR/><BR/>But I do think it's important to be honest. The student may not have understood comments from you or the prof...but that is their responsibility, ultimately. <BR/><BR/>Hope that helps!Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1165090255150934822006-12-02T12:10:00.000-08:002006-12-02T12:10:00.000-08:00If I may, considering that you and your reader hav...If I may, considering that you and your reader have extensive experience in reading student's paper:<BR/>What's a TA to do when a student just can't understand and send you the worst paper ever (structure, grammar, presentation, bad sources and the rest) for comments ?<BR/><BR/>How honest can you be when you know the student is really in a bad situation since it's due extremely soon, can't quit the class, and has never, since the class started, understood comments from you and the Prof ?<BR/><BR/>Merci!Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658442867317565381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1164979013956593652006-12-01T05:16:00.000-08:002006-12-01T05:16:00.000-08:00Don't let it make you wonder about your own papers...Don't let it make you wonder about your own papers...it should do exactly the opposite!!<BR/>I once learned from a student about the socialist paradise that is the United States of America. Ah, yes.Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1164924851084749332006-11-30T14:14:00.000-08:002006-11-30T14:14:00.000-08:00I share the pain also! First time grading, second ...I share the pain also! First time grading, second year paper and I am shocked. Did you know that Canada is not a federation and-or that federalism created capitalism in Canada (haaa!?!)<BR/>Makes me a bit anxious about my own papers!Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658442867317565381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28553339.post-1164857653314823862006-11-29T19:34:00.000-08:002006-11-29T19:34:00.000-08:00I know exactly how you feel. I'm teaching a high-...I know exactly how you feel. I'm teaching a high-level theory course right now, and this one guy turns in papers that are... Well, it's *clear* that he doesn't understand a word of the reading, or a word of what I say in class.<BR/><BR/>The only thing that comforts me is at least he's not plagiarizing...Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047700345491098393noreply@blogger.com