------ Jay Livingston wrote ---------- >The most jaw-dropping detail in the NY Times article IMHO was the >teacher complaining that a student had sent a draft of a paper and >asked for suggestions on ways to improve it before submitting the final >draft. I assume that the readers of TeachSoc will have many >suggestions on how to get students to stop trying to get help in order >to write better essays.
>From the article: "Professor Ewick said 10 students in one class e-mailed her drafts of their papers days before they were due, seeking comments. 'It's all different levels of presumtion,' she said. 'One is that I'll be able to drop everything and read 250 pages two days before I'm going to get 50 of these." Context matters here, I think. Ten students, not one, papers about 25 pages in length, with drafts handed over two days before the deadline. Sorry, Jay, but I'm with Ewick on this one. If students want feedback, they have to give you time to provide the feedback. Naturally, this is something that should be specifically addressed in the course syllabus, and we don't know if that's the case here. James ------ James Cassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
