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Wednesday, March 23. 2016

How Can I Possibly Grade These Students?

I had to get halfway through the piece tor realize that she is talking about kids in college. Forget about "not prepared for college."  These kids are not "college material." Sure they can be graded, as "unacceptable." 


We too-easily forget that 50% of people have below-average IQs.


How Can I Possibly Grade These Students?


Posted by The Barrister in Education at 16:00 | Comments (19) | Trackbacks (0)

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This is just too sad for words. I fear what is worse is that unless the teacher has tenure, his job might be at risk if he actually flunked these kids - but that's what has to happen.

Adding to that sadness, I saw a video of a middle schooler in a fight with a male teacher. I don't know how one learns or teaches in such an atmosphere.
#1 mudbug on 2016-03-23 16:36 (Reply)
50% of people do indeed have below average IQ's but the question is what are they doing in college?

When I worked at a Community college two of our programs were heavily adulterated with diversity students in preference to qualified students. The programs were nursing and fire fighting. The policy was that once the diversity candidates were in the program they must complete the program. Grades were changed, standards were lowered and by hook or by crook these diversity students were graduated. It would be interesting to know how many people died because of their incompetence.
#2 GoneWithTheWind on 2016-03-23 17:34 (Reply)
George Eliot? never heard of her.
#3 Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz on 2016-03-23 17:56 (Reply)
If true, you'd have said "him". You FAILED, Donny.
#3.1 Sam L. on 2016-03-23 18:26 (Reply)
that was my ruff raft.
#3.1.1 Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz on 2016-03-23 18:49 (Reply)
Welllllll, OK then.
#3.1.1.1 Sam L. on 2016-03-23 20:14 (Reply)
Stupid people are easier to enslave.
#4 fjord on 2016-03-23 18:51 (Reply)
Really? Have you been hearing about the climate on college campuses? The most elite campuses in particular.
#4.1 JK Brown on 2016-03-24 11:27 (Reply)
How, you ask? Severely, I answer.
#5 Sam L. on 2016-03-23 20:15 (Reply)
Unfortunately the article itself is not well written either.
#6 Talnik on 2016-03-23 21:06 (Reply)
As a degree - not an education or even credits - is the ticket that needs to be punched even for entry into some fields, those who pursue it regard it as an item that should be available for simple purchase. To deny it to them is seen as cheating, reneging on an implied deal that came with the application and the acceptance letter.
#7 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2016-03-23 21:30 (Reply)
"Attached is the actual outline for my ruff raft. Please, account this as credit therefore I'll prove my academic progression as acknowledgment for satisfactory of the course. The presentation shall be captivating with visualization being a current pet owner of a fish too!"


Hey, I get spam emails just like this!
#8 Jim on 2016-03-23 23:00 (Reply)
I have a name for these "students".......

Democrat supporters (I would have said voters, but many will be too stupid to figure out how to register - although the Democrat politicians will find a way to make that irrelevant).
#9 mike m on 2016-03-23 23:48 (Reply)
This article makes me feel sad more than anything. Even though these are grown men and women, they are people whose parents failed them terribly. I would say they were neglected as children. Based on the examples, my four year old has better grammar. Spoken, not written, of course. He is four, after all. He may not know what an adverb is, but he can use one in a sentence.

I only hope that their ignorance doesn't equate to low intelligence. They may very well have above-average problem solving skills. Maybe one day they can educate themselves.
#10 Jack Walter on 2016-03-23 23:51 (Reply)
They get smarter as they get older.
#11 rhhardin (Link) on 2016-03-24 07:26 (Reply)
What do you expect when they are taught a language from birth that is not Standard English?
#12 bgarrett on 2016-03-24 07:44 (Reply)
I agree. I taught English as a second language for a couple of decades and at the very first example of writing the author gave, the ESL warning light went off. This is direct translation. I saw it a lot. Write it in first language; go to google translator; translate; submit to teacher.

I'll tell you how I graded it - harshly. In papers too full of problems to warrant a thorough comb-through, I graded the first couple of paragraphs by marking every single error, then noted that I stop grading after I have identified more than enough errors to fail them. And I failed them .

I didn't make many friends, but back then, at least some of my supervisors backed me up. Not true these days I hear.
#12.1 weaver (Link) on 2016-03-24 13:43 (Reply)
My favorite student question..."will this stuff be on the test?". This was a College Algebra class.
#13 rocdoctom on 2016-03-24 10:51 (Reply)
Hilarious.

Although I had to look up "inchoat".
#14 DrTorch on 2016-03-24 13:26 (Reply)

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