tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post5251615977704948941..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Research Papersgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-42699794022693268552008-09-07T06:06:00.000-04:002008-09-07T06:06:00.000-04:00Gene, I`m afraid I don`t understand the context in...Gene, I`m afraid I don`t understand the context in which you`re teaching, but if these are college or high school students then I think the exercise of documenting support for one`s position is worth it.<BR/><BR/>But you might give them alternatives, like having them write blog posts with linksTokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-46704263767525688902008-09-06T20:23:00.000-04:002008-09-06T20:23:00.000-04:00It teaches students an essential rule for making i...It teaches students an essential rule for making it into middle managment jobs: they learn to suck up and follow arbitrary rules, even if the rules are worthless from a business perspective. Some vice-president will have a fetish to which they need to show respect.Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764253843155355296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-18433246025009079172008-09-05T16:57:00.000-04:002008-09-05T16:57:00.000-04:00point to this exercise I'm missing?I don't know. I...<I>point to this exercise I'm missing?</I><BR/><BR/>I don't know. It builds character?<BR/><BR/>Maybe it is because it is what the teacher knows. The teacher is comfortable with such things, so it is easier for the teacher to assign and grade such things.bobvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498316988120125641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-17905957797121794462008-09-04T23:06:00.000-04:002008-09-04T23:06:00.000-04:00BTW, Silas, Sidney has been coming around here crt...BTW, Silas, Sidney has been coming around here crticizing me for months. And, generally speaking, his criticisms make me belly laugh.<BR/><BR/>Sidney, maybe you can offer Silas some "How to be critical without being an a**hole lessons"?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and, BTW, is my assumption that you are a Brit correct? (I gleaned this from the fact that you seem to use our language in the same funny way that many other Brits are attached to.)gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-26513065738754712322008-09-04T23:01:00.000-04:002008-09-04T23:01:00.000-04:00Sydney, you are sly witticism at its best.Sydney, you are sly witticism at its best.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-21141993699179289702008-09-04T22:42:00.000-04:002008-09-04T22:42:00.000-04:00How much would you have paid? I'm sure Silas and ...How much would you have paid? I'm sure Silas and I can work out something...Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-2830838811314189942008-09-04T21:25:00.000-04:002008-09-04T21:25:00.000-04:00Too bad Silas was not a student of yours. I would ...Too bad Silas was not a student of yours. I would have paid to read his paper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-65366756081720833572008-09-04T19:37:00.000-04:002008-09-04T19:37:00.000-04:00I wouldn't do it. In Hillsdale I allowed kids to ...I wouldn't do it. In Hillsdale I allowed kids to take an in-class final OR do a term paper. Even among the self-selected group who wrote papers, the results were so shockingly bad* that it caused me physical pain.<BR/><BR/><BR/>* Except for the fantastic former students who might be reading this blog. You guys made it all worth it. You are the future. Be all you can be.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com