How about this. I am grading essay tests one question at a time and I read one and say to myself, "that is pretty good but not quite a full enough explanation" and gave it a less than perfect score. I looked at the front of the test and was surprised to see that it was done by that usually exceptional student named Key. Oops.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 (479) 524-7295 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/rfroman.asp -----Original Message----- From: James D.Dougan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 4:09 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Student Blooper.... Well, just to show you I am not too self-absorbed, I will repeat the story of how I set a huge stack of graded-but-not-yet-recorded-in-gradebook exams on top of my car on a windy day..... The exams ended up spread over several square blocks and up several stories in trees. Two were never recovered.... -- Jim At 03:51 PM 2/21/2003 -0600, you wrote: >If you were to start a thread on professor bloopers, there would >probably be too many to choose from. And the professors would probably >be too self-absorbed to even recognize the blooper! :) > >______________________________________________ >Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. >Department of Psychology >LeTourneau University >Post Office Box 7001 >2100 South Mobberly Avenue >Longview, Texas 75607-7001 > >Office: Education Center 218 >Phone: 903-233-3893 >Fax: 903-233-3851 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Dougan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:52 PM > > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > > Subject: Re: Student Blooper.... > > > > > > Louis, > > > > If you remember, I started a thread a few years ago called "professor > > bloopers" just to point out we should poke fun at ourselves > > too.... A > > little bit of fun isn't belittling if it goes both ways - and > > I would be > > happy to start the "professor blooper" thread again. > > > > I just thought this particular blooper was very very funny - probably > > because I was very tired at the time and I saw it on two > > different exams > > over a short period.... > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > > > At 03:26 PM 2/21/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >So, Jim, rising to the bait, why did you share this blooper > > belittling > > >students. > > > > > > > > >Make it a good day. > > > > > > --Louis-- > > > > > > > > >Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com > > >Department of History > > www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html > > >Valdosta State > > University > > >Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /~\ /\ /\ > > >(229-333-5947) /^\ / \ / /~ \ /~\__/\ > > > / \__/ \/ / /\ > > /~ \ > > > /\/\-/ > > /^\___\______\_______/__/_______/^\ > > > -_~ / "If you want to climb > > mountains, \ /^\ > > > _ _ / don't practice on > > mole hills" -\____ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--- > > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > > >unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
