Credit for Cussing

[knight_shadow]

What was the topic of the paper? I find it hard to believe that 2 words will satisfy the requirements of a high school essay (unless this was a "creative writing" class or something -- even then, that's not creative).

I think the teacher is just looking for his 15 minutes.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

What was the topic of the paper? I find it hard to believe that 2 words will satisfy the requirements of a high school essay (unless this was a "creative writing" class or something -- even then, that's not creative).

I think the teacher is just looking for his 15 minutes.

wasn't his teacher...just a proctor, who used the letter of the guidelines...in the article it said it would have been eligible for a couple of more points if he had used puncuation. I think a zero score here would mean, or would be taken to mean, he never bothered to show up, or never wrote anything down.

I think it's funny.

[UGAalum94]

Yeah, it's a 27 point scale range and the student got two, I think. The example was used to demonstrate that to get no points, the response would have to carry no meaning at all.

It was in no danger of being regarded as a competent or acceptable response.

I think it's pretty hard to get no score on the new SAT essay section as well.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

wasn't his teacher...just a proctor, who used the letter of the guidelines...in the article it said it would have been eligible for a couple of more points if he had used puncuation. I think a zero score here would mean, or would be taken to mean, he never bothered to show up, or never wrote anything down.

I think it's funny.

The majority of my professors (HS and college) would not have given credit if your response was not on topic. That's why this sounds strange to me. I still think 2 points was too much for this kid. If he was too lazy to write at least a half-assed response, he deserved a zero.

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

The majority of my professors (HS and college) would not have given credit if your response was not on topic. That's why this sounds strange to me. I still think 2 points was too much for this kid. If he was too lazy to write at least a half-assed response, he deserved a zero.

He wrote, and I suppose I'll go ahead and edit it so as not to get in trouble, f--- off. So you're right, 2 points too many.