Comments on: Obscenely stupid http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:37:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ldy Aryn http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37513 Ldy Aryn Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:12:13 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37513 This article must be a joke. No examiner for an A or O Level I had ever taken would have allowed such an entry. The student would have been called into the Headmaster's/Dean's Office immediately. It was NOT that long ago that I have taken my exams either. And FYI, no Proper University would have allowed such an Entry to any exam of any type either. Sincerely... This article must be a joke. No examiner for an A or O Level I had ever taken would have allowed such an entry. The student would have been called into the Headmaster’s/Dean’s Office immediately. It was NOT that long ago that I have taken my exams either. And FYI, no Proper University would have allowed such an Entry to any exam of any type either.

Sincerely…

]]> By: Required Reading at The Core Knowledge Blog http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37512 Required Reading at The Core Knowledge Blog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:19:39 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37512 [...] Obscenely Stupid @ Joanne Jacobs British students can get points for writing obscenities on their state English exams. [...] [...] Obscenely Stupid @ Joanne Jacobs British students can get points for writing obscenities on their state English exams. [...]

]]> By: markm http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37511 markm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:48:58 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37511 I agree with Dawn - if the student was trying to get the examiners' goat, awarding a token score is the way to demonstrate it didn't work. Especially with the point for spelling. (And I suspect many students would not have earned that!) I agree with Dawn – if the student was trying to get the examiners’ goat, awarding a token score is the way to demonstrate it didn’t work. Especially with the point for spelling. (And I suspect many students would not have earned that!)

]]> By: NYC Educator http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37510 NYC Educator Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:24:42 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37510 NDC, I agree and I'm just as appalled as you are. If my daughter were caught plagiarizing, I'd want her paper invalidated, at the very least. Do you remember this? http://archives.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/04/03/plagiarism.dispute.ap/index.html Doubtless such things happen far more often than we hear about. NDC,

I agree and I’m just as appalled as you are. If my daughter were caught plagiarizing, I’d want her paper invalidated, at the very least. Do you remember this?

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/04/03/plagiarism.dispute.ap/index.html

Doubtless such things happen far more often than we hear about.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37509 Dawn Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:11:23 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37509 Am I the only one that saw this story and laughed? I thought it was a perfect display of dry English humour - The student thinks he's done something naughty but the examiner gets the last laugh by awarding him a useless grade. I'm quite sure whoever marked the exam was doing so in an ironic spirit while wearing an evil grin. Am I the only one that saw this story and laughed? I thought it was a perfect display of dry English humour – The student thinks he’s done something naughty but the examiner gets the last laugh by awarding him a useless grade. I’m quite sure whoever marked the exam was doing so in an ironic spirit while wearing an evil grin.

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37508 Walter E. Wallis Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:16:32 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37508 Wash this blog out with soap! Wash this blog out with soap!

]]> By: Margo/Mom http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37507 Margo/Mom Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:13:42 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37507 What about the double-hockey-sticks “h” word? Good point. I had in mind the one that starts out "Your momma is a h_" What about the double-hockey-sticks “h” word? Good point. I had in mind the one that starts out “Your momma is a h_”

]]> By: Lori http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37506 Lori Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:15:09 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37506 Bart, I get 2 points for punctuation, though. Bart, I get 2 points for punctuation, though.

]]> By: Clix http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37505 Clix Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37505 What about the double-hockey-sticks "h" word? What about the double-hockey-sticks “h” word?

]]> By: Bart http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37504 Bart Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:44:37 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/01/obscenely-stupid/#comment-37504 <i>"OH! Gotcha."</i> I think you misspelled it. “OH! Gotcha.”

I think you misspelled it.

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