Calling students on their crap.
I have students chatting away in one class and talking about anything except the readings and the class topics, and then wondering why they get no credit. At the beginning of the class I tell them - with examples - exactly what I expect, yet they still "don't understand" when they post responses they bought and don't get credit for them.
From a previous section of the class (just ended) I have a woman who posted her opinion that she didn't agree with my grading - all over the discussion board. She backed down when I hinted that this could be considered a code of conduct issue. But now she's back with a critique of my grading of an assignment. I told her she needs to wait until after final grading has been done. I am sure she will appeal. She is unaware of my 100% record in winning those appeals. Like most obsessive people, I meticulously check errors when grading and I always take points sparingly, so when I present the issues and the points that should have been taken, the appeals guy always backs me up. I do have to say that she's not on the best team in the class. But if she had not embarked on her campaign of harassment, I might have thought of switching her so that her grades didn't suffer for the poor performance of the team. I actually only thought of it yesterday. The class ended Monday.
In the other school I have a student who sent me a screenshot of why she could not get into tonight's seminar - she wanted to know if she still had to do the alternate assignment. The screenshot not only was blurred beyond recognition, but also she forgot to take out the time of the screenshot - 9:38PM. The seminar went from 7 to 8. The alternate seminar was from 8 - 9. Yeah, oops. She's blackballed.
And finally a student who says she could not complete the quiz because she had no internet access for three days - during which time she has been emailing me daily and asking other questions.
this has been a CBC entertainment rant
