questions I'm pondering about students and some conclusions

why would you write an annotated bibliography using only our textbooks? what part of "find four academic articles" is unclear?

why do you think that you should get credit for preparing a presentation if your group didn't turn it in or facilitate the discussion? and your reflection doesn't recognize any problem with that?

why bother to turn in a paper that has an embedded url of the site you took it from without citing?

why was it fine for me to go over and comment on someone's paper last night that wasn't for my class? what about the pile of essays that have to be done for tomorrow and Friday? (and it was fine -- this is not a complaint about a student asking me to do this -- but noting that it was fun since there was no grade component at the end!).

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on the other hand, the eight people still coming to comp are dedicated students and I'm enjoying their willingness to learn yet another peer review process and revision workshop on yet another aspect of their writing, right up until the last day of class. (and the ones who weren't there today: one taking the AP calc exam, one with his wife who is giving birth, one in court... who am I to say peer reviews are so important? they can be done online).

the online folks are doing fine for the most part. I will miss that class -- once more this summer and then I'm not sure when I'll teach it again.

the class-I-can't-let-go-of meets one more time tomorrow night. we'll have a potluck (supposedly with Turkish food, but there seems to be a lot of variety) and continue the amazingly lively online discussion of Snow. this group worked well together, pushed each other through some really hard texts and is just a pleasure to work with. last week online - while each person caught up and finished the book - is precisely the way a hybrid online/f2f course can be utilized well. yea!

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[Anastasia]

what part of "find four academic articles" is unclear?

the part where textbooks don't count? :P