tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post4895746453912941699..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: A failure to communicateZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-37017160929250468682011-05-06T11:53:49.572-07:002011-05-06T11:53:49.572-07:00She might have a filter... or she might have been ...She might have a filter... or she might have been lying. Maybe she was afraid of getting an "I [or my colleague, as the case may be] told you so!" admonishment, and made up her excuse on the spot. Not saying this is definitely what happened, just offering it as an alternative interpretation.Jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-4945245193291180012011-04-01T07:36:28.525-07:002011-04-01T07:36:28.525-07:00Kara clearly has a great future as a GOP candidate...Kara clearly has a great future as a GOP candidate.Tualhanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-70300545679647190652011-03-31T13:11:25.013-07:002011-03-31T13:11:25.013-07:00Crazy optimism does seem to flourish among my most...Crazy optimism does seem to flourish among my most challenged students. In one developmental math class, the semester had gotten to a point where there was little time in which to make significant repairs to one's class standing. Nevertheless, students with no realistic chance of passing showed up for the penultimate chapter test. I had even posted minimum target scores on the classroom bulletin board for their information, but the student who needed 99% on all subsequent exams (including the final) to squeak out a semester grade of C was there, taking a test that she was doomed to fail. So were half a dozen less dramatic cases, all of whom needed to start racking up solid scores in the middle to high 80s to pass the class (scores unlike any they had seen to that point in the semester). Some of them might just be going through the motions so as not to become disqualified for financial aid, but most of them were somehow thinking that they just might pass. Wow.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-61291631707999212022011-03-31T12:32:41.312-07:002011-03-31T12:32:41.312-07:00When I tried to see the video, I got this message:...When I tried to see the video, I got this message:<br /><br />"You've reached this page because we are currently not allowed to share our videos across United States borders. <br />It sucks. We know.<br /><br />If you're in Europe or the UK, try adultswim.co.uk.<br /><br />Otherwise, why not play a game on the main site or log on to our message boards to tell us how much you hate us now?<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />adultswim.com"<br /><br />This is new to me. I thought the UK was in Europe. On the other hand, they already know I hate them, so I will not bother logging on to their message board to repeat it. Or play a game on the main site. Still, it was more fun than the simple message "you cannot see this video in your country bla bla bla..."<br /><br />Oh, and I feel sorry for Kara. I really do. Having that kind of data filter is not good for you.João Paulohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381082469759173318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-11606208147711918082011-03-31T11:26:43.791-07:002011-03-31T11:26:43.791-07:00I've had a rare opportunity to see into the mi...I've had a rare opportunity to see into the minds of undergraduates as a graduate student (with years of professional work under my belt), as I have changed fields and was required to take most of the undergraduate upper-level classes in my new field before I could take the graduate classes.<br /><br />The optimism of the struggling students is <i>astounding</i>. I've heard multiple excuses as to why a particular student wasn't doing well in class. <i>Never</i> did I hear, "Well, this stuff is really difficult." It was the professor's fault, or the timing of the class, or the commute, or something. (I'm deliberately excluding parental problems here, because they're legitimate game changers, and more than one struggling classmate was a parent of a young child.)<br /><br />But I came away with the notion that we're asking too much of our younger population, expecting them ALL to go to college. For some folks, it really is too difficult -- and that doesn't speak to their intelligence, just to their learning ability in a classroom environment.Karennoreply@blogger.com