Re: Another Route to Grade Inflation.

Said  "H. Reader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :


>    What a couple of pansies.  No wonder the image of educators
>has been diminished over the past several decades.  While you
>boys are re-inventing the wheel, you might notice that your
>students, as they flounder around to figure out your silly
>rhymes and reasons, view you as barely tolerable twits.

Wrong. Bob's not a teacher, and I can show you email after email of my
students praising my teaching and thanking me. 

>Students want clarity and decisiveness.  They want
>their performances plainly and fairly measured.

Wrong. Most students prefer not to be evaluated, and if there's got to
be an evaluation, they want it to be risk-free so that they can know
upfront the end result. They also want it to be easy-ramped, so that
they don't have to apply too much time or energy to it. 

>They want measured, sensible steps and the time and
>tools to accomplish them.

Wrong. Most students would rather be partying, and measured steps are
a consequence of the material being learned and not of what students
want. 

>The touchy feely flacidity of
>poorly structured experimentation is not
>what they want. 

I challenge you to come to my class and call it "touchy-feely" at the
end of it. But hey, you can try. 

>You boys are viewed
>either as flaky easy graders or a disasters
>to be avoided.  You'd do better at
>real estate or wood chopping.  Pick one.

I'll let you pick those, looks like you have some experience. 


Alberto.