Introduction
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Ah... Mid-Terms are in. I took a day off today to brush up on grading my history student's mid-term examinations. So far, half of them are horrible and probably will get kicked out of the school where I teach at for bad grades. For a change, I did not use Scan-Tron (TM) for the tests. Instead, I gave them a horrible essay on current American foreign policy. I expected a 250-word essay. One student, cleverly enough, wrote "Screw Iraq" over and over at the end of his essay to fill in the word requirement. (He probably kept track of the number of words used.)
Why I Abhor Scan-Tron (TM) Tests
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There was one year when I gave a 25 question Scan-Tron (TM) test for my history class. The students handed in their papers in due time and I rushed off to the office to grade these papers.
[One thing I DO like Scan-Tron (TM) tests is how every time a student fills in a wrong bubble, the grading machine makes a queer clicking noise. For those who do miserably, the machine will keep clicking until the Scan-Tron (TM) is fed out again. That noise just relieves my stress after a teaching day.] I gave my alumni their tests back the next day. (I hate stalling.) One student [He got a 64.] came to me after class and complained that his Scan-Tron (TM) had red marks on the side that didn't match the bubble line. I took it home and analyzed it. I found out that I had fed this Scan-Tron (TM) [and several others] backwards into the machine. So I re-graded his paper and suprisingly enough, the actual grade was only TWO POINTS higher than the wrong grade!
Going Back to MODding
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Anyway, back to MODding.
