Another fun-filled day
Posted on: 2005-05-03 10:36:17, by Erando

Okay, so I got Phase I of the planner done yesterday, and I sent it off to my supervisor to look at for a while herself. The next phase will be coming up soon, but I already told her that I have to spend the day doing other work: University 101!

Today, I have already gone through and figured out how many absences each student has had. I have a grand total of 250 absences between the 26 students. Can we spell "lots of people are failing"? Technically, the number wouldn't be so high but there are some students who stopped showing up to class after day two, and that means absences in the mid-twenties. Most students missed anywhere from one to five classes with no one having perfect attendance. !ltSigh!gt

I then figured out how many total points there are for this semester: 530. Yeah, there won't be anyone who'll even come close to having that many total points, if for nothing else but because the attendance alone will drag most of them down. Quite a number of them will also have beaucoup points dropped because they didn't do anything for the presentations last week when I specifically said that everyone in the group must speak for at least a minute. I had several students just stand up there with their groups and not say a word. Guess what that means? F. I've been pretty lenient with them this entire semester, and for anyone who comes to argue that, I think they'll find that there's no arguing with me because 90% of the class will admit I've bent over backwards for them at some point in time.

So the next step is to either sit down and write up the final real quick or start grading. I haven't decided which I'd rather launch myself into. I guess it'd be easier and less painful to write up the final first. It will probably take less time as well. Anyone interested in me putting up on-line after they take it tomorrow, just to see how you all would fare in my class? You can e-mail me your answers and I'll grade you on it. It might be fun. :) I had my bro-in-law take my test from last year's class, and I always laugh at the answers my husband gives. So if you're interested, gimme a shout out and I'll see what I can do. Later, peeps.

Homework first.
Posted: 2005-05-03 12:01:46, by talam

That way you can see the most common ones that were missed and put those on the final. That is how most of my teachers handled it.

sure
Posted: 2005-05-03 12:16:37, by Lushbaugh

go ahead and put it up. If nothing else it will entertain me for a few minutes. I know what you mean, but remember you aren't their friend, you must be the cruel overlord when you have to be.

Me, me!
Posted: 2005-05-03 13:33:23, by Katie

I bet I'll beat "T-BOMM"'s score. ;)

okie dokie
Posted: 2005-05-03 15:42:01, by Jamie

I want to feel I passed at least one exam this semester with a good grade, so go for it. ;)

LOL
Posted: 2005-05-03 16:20:53, by TheBackofMyMind

I'll take a stab at a test. Hell, I take enough of them these days anyway. Uh, Katie will probably kick my sorry ass in language though. :p

?Question About Language?
Posted: 2005-05-03 17:43:59, by TheBackofMyMind

In my current law class we are discussing Wills, Estates, and Trusts. A man that makes out a will is considered a "testator", while a woman who makes out a will is considered a "testatrix". When I read this, I thought of "dominator" and "dominatrix". Is there a language rule someplace that governs the use of "ator" as masculine and "atrix" as feminine?

Hmm
Posted: 2005-05-03 18:16:29, by Erandomandethius

Without running out and grabbing one of my morphology books real quick, I'd have to take a guess-stab at it and say that it either has something to do with the time period in which the word was coined or it has to do with the domain/area of research in which it was coined. I plan on doing a study of suffixes for my thesis, so if I come across it, I'll try to remember to let you know.

I know! I know!
Posted: 2005-05-03 23:17:48, by Lushbaugh

It's Latin, ix's are feminine titles and or's are masculine. i.e. Mars Ultor - Mars the Avenger and Venus Generetrix - Venus the founder or something like that. Gladiator, Gladiatrix. Victor, Victrix. etc... YES! Latin pays off yet again, booyeah!

And the history nerd saves the day!
Posted: 2005-05-04 09:35:06, by Katie

LOL

Well....
Posted: 2005-05-04 16:23:27, by TheBackofMyMind

I guess that solves that one. Thanks, you Lush.