tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post317073774974547217..comments2024-01-16T20:32:16.809-06:00Comments on Teaching Anthropology: The Extra Credit Question: No Stupid in AnthropologyPamthropologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04061905270637904812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-8428493907995896402015-03-14T08:50:41.166-05:002015-03-14T08:50:41.166-05:00As a fellow educator, I feel your pain. But a wor...As a fellow educator, I feel your pain. But a word of advice: if you're going to lambaste students for being "soooooo stupid," you might learn to proofread your own writing:<br /><br />"So, now I have to answer this thing...in such a way that I encourage she/he to succeed without enabling. And, honestly, ...she/he needs ... a good swift kick in the pants so they will get off his/her ass and get to work."<br /><br />Good thing you're not an English prof!Ethan Louis Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815810608416222960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-12859779041578862372010-08-11T13:06:42.462-05:002010-08-11T13:06:42.462-05:00I came to the US for a semester as an anthro. unde...I came to the US for a semester as an anthro. undergrad., and the existence of extra credit was perhaps the biggest shock. Well....unless you count the 'study guide'. I believe that, in >90% of the classes I attended, the first and last 5 minutes were occupied solely by questions regarding what was on the test, how to pass the test, and whether or not there would be credit or guides. Strange experience.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-66286699484405609952010-07-27T00:10:24.526-05:002010-07-27T00:10:24.526-05:00"…People are idiots. Including me. Everyone ..."…People are idiots. Including me. Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only difference among is that we’re idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot. That’s the central premise of this scholarly work." Scott Adams 1997 The Dilbert Principle, page 3Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896035196461484737noreply@blogger.com