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- AllenS, on 10/12/2007, -1/+78This explains how I somehow mysteriously managed to pass my classes in undergrad...i always thought something was suspicious...
- DurkaMcDurk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+78If you use fir instead of for, I suggest taping a lot of pennies?
- downlo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+71I see a lawsuit from the teachers union soon. Something about trade secrets.
- Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+71DISCLAIMER FOR THE GULLIBLE: This post is a joke. I do not grade like this. Instead, I use an even more advanced method -- an eBay grade auctioning system.
-FTA
Haha that is awesome, I wonder how the auction system works. - supermansuper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+66thats okay, can i at least make fun of you because you are from the south?
- LordSkywalker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+58Do you not know how auctions work?
- dbug, on 10/12/2007, -6/+56Do you not know how comments work?
- Kookami, on 10/12/2007, -2/+51My guess on the eBay grading would come from the 'feedback' for eBay sellers which range from 'excellent A++++' to 'great!!!! AAA++++++++++++'
- davidrools, on 10/12/2007, -0/+39I'd give this guy an F for not labeling the figures to which he refers...but then I threw my laptop down the stairs and it landed halfway so I guess he gets a C instead.
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+37So what you want to do is tape pennies to your exam so it goes just the right distance....got it, and stored it aways fir future reference...
- foolonthehill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32I'm pretty sure the intended joke is that he auctions off the A grades to the highest bidder.
- Capta1nA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18"I'm from the south, and I never say fir. It's not even a word!"
it's a kind of tree - Evolve, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Omg, I have been grading Tech papers all wrong. No wonder students come up to me.
I am going to have to study this method much more closely.
Also i would like to know more about this "eBay grade auctioning system." As if it is more advanced i would love for my students to know they are getting a fair grade.
[P.S: That was one of the best jokes I've seen on Digg in a while. Big time Digg] - Laiden, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15I am 100% certain my teachers grade like this.
All I did was talk about Digg in business, and I got an B-. And, it was crumpled a bit... - NeoCortex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14"So what you want to do is tape pennies to your exam so it goes just the right distance....got it, and stored it aways fir future reference..."
Or you could tape a $20 to it and go straight for the A+. - TekeeTakShak, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Oh God...if teachers actually did that...
- zoltan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10paper pushing, i would grade based on smell
- simoncoul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8That is EXACTLY how they grade all humanities and social science papers, lol.
- rawM3TAL, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I know how the digg down button works.
- 16bit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Yeah, I know this guy--- I had Ruckman for political science. Total *****. Chances are, you're going to get a ***** grade with him anyway. He uses the "If I don't like you, I'll fail you" grading system.
This was really funny until I recognized the name. Rock Valley College, FTL. - compwizz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@jrocknyc
"Daniel J. Solove, Associate Professor of Law"
That figures, lawyers always have to ruin the fun by putting disclaimers on everything. - Xanin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7you're not supposed to spell things fonetiklee
- Ugoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If I ever become a professor, I'm going to use this method.
- mhockey14221, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I want this guy as my professor.
- Fracture98, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That would prepare you for the business world.
- ikak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So, judging by the mark you received and taking a bottom-higher approach.. we can estimate that your exam either landed near the A-B line but was crumpled thus resulting in a B-.. or your exam was way beyond the others and crumpled due to the higher velocity at the bottom resulting in a B- because of the extra effort needed from the professor to retrieve it and the crumple factor plays again to bring you down a little more.
- ramaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Completely awesome.
- LycoLoco, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7"Was that a question? and yes, I'm from the south, we say fir in place of for...don't make fun of me..."
I'm from the south, and I never say fir. It's not even a word! - AprilEthereal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't know about anyone else, but the pictures of the A-/B+ and C- got a good chuckle out of me.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's great to see that at least some profs have humour in them
Unlike the ones I know :@ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LoL,
If your teacher uses the bottom-higher-grade approach, then just try to make your paper as heavy as possible. Simple as that... - Jaste, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So to succeed you just need to figure out if your teacher uses the higher or lower technique for awarding A's and then literally weight your paper accordingly. Or if you can't work it out you could just play it safe and pass in medium size assignments. Personally the ebay option is less work all around for everyone so he should stick with that.
- kd1s, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Put it this way, the exams with more ink on them will have slightly more mass than the rest and slightly more air resistance so they'd fall nearer. Therefore I agree with the method being applied by reversing the grade scale so that those that don't travel as far get higher grades.
- Guagloves, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i know many college professors that make their own grading scales but that would be ridiculous.
pretty funny though - jcyprich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I remember back in university we had a TA (teacher's assistant) from England. He had a unique way of grading our computer science projects. Instead of looking at whether we implemented all of the requirements for the assignment and how well the feature worked, he asked "is this an A project"? In other words, if he liked the program he would give it a higher grade. He claimed that this is the way they do the grading in England.
I'm not sure if he also used the stairs method of grading. I think it would give results comparable to his method. He probably gives people he likes better grades. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1well done
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"DISCLAIMER FOR THE GULLIBLE: This post is a joke. I do not grade like this. Instead, I use an even more advanced method -- an eBay grade auctioning system."
dugg only for this line. - Promantarius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe my sense of humour just sucks, but I really didn't find it to be 'hilarious.' I know it's a joke and all, but it really comes off as though he was trying really hard to be funny which just ruins it for me =
- darthbutcher, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1B erlin
- azizrulez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1i hope they start grading using that method
- martinrs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I heard something similar was actually used in one of the top schools, since anyone who entered the school was already filtered to be cream of the crop. No matter what grade they got, the students eventually got good employment anyway. I mean, the difference between C- and A+ didn't differentiate enough of the students' abilities, since the pool of students was already skewed.
- admrlpuffy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I always preferred the alphabetical bell curve based on the students names.... Quick easy and efficient!
-Chase - Duncan3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0You're forgetting grade inflation.
Giving American kids who have been told they are perfect for 18 years less then a B may result in suicide and a lawsuit. The range is A+ ... B- - AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -2/+1*Laughing*. I just sent this to my mother who was a math professor for a number of years.
- columbusgeek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0hilarious? well, it was a snicker at best.
- MeekoTheRaccoon, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I knew there had to be a step by step explanation to exam grades. Here it is!
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Wow. This joke is so old I wouldn't be surprised if I heard it the first time in junior high (1980). I am sure it was old then.
It is too bad that digg has become so lame that this post is high up, and there are two similar posts on the Holocaust writer on the front page. - TheoDork, on 10/12/2007, -14/+6http://wwww.duggmirror.com
- RandomGuySteve, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4As someone from the South I'm going to have to revoke your membership for trying to blame your stupidity on where you're from.
True stupidity like yours transcends location. You're one in a ***** million, Einstein. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -25/+0OMG the best joke, like, ever... so funny, in a kind of ***** up way. Yeah, i'm waiting for the joke of someone paying $60 million for these diggs.
***** hilarious. -
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