Critique

We’re off to see the librarian!

Late

Next to me the Huns and Vandals were quite charming on the whole…

Curve

Actually, my students’ final papers this spring have been pretty great overall. There’s the usual few who try to cite Wikipedia as a source and copy paragraphs out of the textbook, but most of them have done good solid work and some of them have even taught me something new.

Grading

Short writing assignments are a great way to gauge your students’ understanding of the course topics, provide constructive feedback, and make you wonder why you ever went into a career in teaching, all at the same time!

Placebo

Statistical modeling indicates a 95% probability that Scaramouche will do the fandango.