Proto Himbo European

Grading papers. Observations:

  • If your teacher writes "Yes! Yes!!!" next to a pretty normal question you got right, like a 35-year-old virgin discovering orgasms, you can bet 10 people missed it right before you and the teacher's desk has face-shaped dents in it.

  • Oh my god read the very, very basic directions. The super basic ones. The ones that say things like "here are ten questions. Please answer them."

  • If your paper has a grade crossed out and rewritten a few times, you know you managed to be just barely, ambiguously wrong in new and frustrating ways, and the teacher is cursing your name for making them spend ten minutes instead of thirty seconds on your grade.

    • #professor #teaching #highered #NotImportant

    Dec 11 at 2:38amWeb
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    @guyjantic
    I made this meme...
    Show threadSeiΓ°rDec 11
    @guyjantic I always thought that the "Fill in this checkbox to confirm you have read the whole text and get a free point" at the end of some exams was kind of an urban legend, but then again I have known enough people to realise it is not.
    Show threadProto Himbo EuropeanDec 11

    @Illuminatus For over a decade I had some boilerplate in my syllabus that said, "All exams completed at the scheduled time" (i.e., not a make-up or with an extension) "will receive 5% extra points."

    I forgot about it. About six or seven years after I put it in there, one student (out of, IDK, a couple thousand taught) came to me and asked about the extra points. Of course I awarded them.