Rip wrote:
>Outside my office are "Universal Grade Change Request Forms". It's a joke
>that most students appreciate. You list the grade that you earned and the
>grade that you want. The reasons you can check off include:
>The person whose paper I copied got a higher grade than me.
>My parents won't pay my tuition anymore.
>This term some actually filled it out and asked for the grade to be
>changed from a F to a C. The reason checked off was
>"To counter the F that I am getting in math"
>Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D.
Hi everyone,
This sounds like fun. I've found that humor is a good way to make a point
in a non threatening way. I've tried using Pet peeves as a way to discuss
issues of civility and responsibility in the classroom. I'd love to see
other humorous ways of making a point. Why not post to the list.
Dawn
Dawn G. Blasko Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Station Road, Erie, PA 16563-1501
Office phone: 814-898-6081
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/hss/psych/blasko.htm
"There is the danger that everyone waits
idly for others to act in his stead."
Albert Einstein
