I didn't realize how old I am. I *CLEARLY* remember the nickel candy
bar. And we used a bufallo nickel to pay :-)
annette
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, sieghi wrote:
> I like Michael's observations on GI but his closing comments introduce yet
> another dimension of GI and that is the devolving content of 'higher ed'
> courses. It's struck me that grading may be just as well-distributed as ever
> yet what the students are being graded on has become less and less
> demanding. Rather like the Hershey bar that still costs a quarter (I wish!)
> but is now half the size of the original. I don't blame the students -- I
> teach them from where they can be reached. I do wonder about the change,
> though.
> Beverly
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