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Hell Semester Gets Nasty
So I get this email from my department chair. Apparently, some folks have gone whining to her about how unfair and unprofessional I am. Hmmmm. Let me see. I bet I can tell you who they are! The only l… more →
As The Semester Turns
Hell Semester Gets Nasty
profart wrote 5 days ago: So I get this email from my department chair. Apparently, some folks have gone whining to her about … more →
Plagiarists beware: Flunky flunky!
profart wrote 2 weeks ago: I hate it when students flunk. It’s bad on my nerves. I always feel like there is something mo … more →
Clues for the Clueless #25
profart wrote 2 weeks ago: Ah, we have come to a momentous occasion: my twenty-fifth clue for those who have none. Seriously, k … more →
The color! The color!
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profart wrote 3 months ago: Recently there has been a huge increase in vague, empty writing coming from my students. In trying t … more →
Red Alert: Crap Ahead
profart wrote 3 months ago: Stock phrases are all the vogue these days in the world of Standardized Testing and Empty Writing. G … more →
Bad at Math
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profart wrote 6 months ago: From a student: Hi Prof. Art. I was in your class and I just now looked at my grades and I am really … more →
It's going to be a long semester when...
profart wrote 8 months ago: … you put the Mona Lisa on screen, ask the class what it is, and get no response. … stud … more →
Clues to the Clueless #17
profart wrote 8 months ago: Hint: If you come to your professor with a sad medical story to excuse your absence since the midter … more →
WTFAIL: What do you say?
profart wrote 8 months ago: Dr. Profart, Good Afternoon, I am concerned about the online course I am taking. I thought I had … more →
How to make your professor grumpy, part 574
profart wrote 9 months ago: So I get an email from a desperate student who has waited until Sunday night to do their homework. A … more →
Are there any stupid questions?
profart wrote 9 months ago: Or, Five posts your professor really does not want to read the week before the exam. 1. “Do we … more →
It may be a long semester.
profart wrote 11 months ago: I have gotten several of these. I’ve made some changes and condensing for FERPA, but the gramm … more →
Student Bloomers, Fall 2008
fledgist wrote 1 year ago: Thus this group has attempted to raise pubic interest on the idea of constitutional protection to se … more →
Fail Season begins
profart wrote 1 year ago: Welcome to the FAIL season. As the semester draws its final breaths, the students suddenly realize t … more →
Clues for the Clueless #13
profart wrote 1 year ago: Hint: If you are going to plagiarize your essay, don’t take out key words that make the senten … more →
Clues For The Clueless #11
profart wrote 1 year ago: Hint: Read the syllabus. I didn’t create it for my health. I created it for yours. Stupid Que … more →
Real student quotes 2
profart wrote 1 year ago: Gotta love students. How did some of these people make it out of high school??? “The International … more →
Clues for the Clueless #10
profart wrote 1 year ago: Hint: Before sending up that “SOS”, be sure you have tried available avenues for informa … more →
What are they THINKING???
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profart wrote 1 year ago: Every once in a while, I get a student who signs up for a class, then doesn’t complete the cla … more →
