ForgotPassword?
Sign Up
Search this Topic:
Forum Jump
Posts: 12928
Jul 26 09 9:18 AM
dogsnhorses wrote: Brian Rad wrote: In a humanities class , underline the teachers pet words ( "impacted" "euro-centric") in your notes . If they use the word very frequently , underline it more than once . At the end of the semester when you review your notes , make a list of the most frequently used words and if you have an essay test use those words . Don't worry to much about the substance or the veracity of what you are saying ;( think of an Obama speech) whats important is the teacher sees his favorite words . Tell them what they told you. They are not there to educate you. They are there to indoctrinate you. Very true. I know of several professors that graded essay tests by looking for key words. If you had already proven you had a good grasp of the subject and participated in class, all you had to do was throw those words somewhere in the blue book to get an A. The more the merrier. If your ability/knowledge was in question, then they'd actually read the essays. Especially at big schools, this is important. If Profs have 500 essay tests to grade, do you honestly think they read all of them?? No.
Brian Rad wrote: In a humanities class , underline the teachers pet words ( "impacted" "euro-centric") in your notes . If they use the word very frequently , underline it more than once . At the end of the semester when you review your notes , make a list of the most frequently used words and if you have an essay test use those words . Don't worry to much about the substance or the veracity of what you are saying ;( think of an Obama speech) whats important is the teacher sees his favorite words . Tell them what they told you. They are not there to educate you. They are there to indoctrinate you.
Share This