I am told that today's students do not respect authority, they feel that since they pay tuition they should be able to negotiate their grades, etc... I suspect that nothing much has changed over the past fifty or one hundred...
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In general, you will get nowhere arguing with your instructor about the grammaticality of your writing, or whether your instructor gave you incorrect guidance ("you told me so"). You will do much better asking, "How can I make it better?"...
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Two unrelated notes: 1. When you write something or prepare a presentation, whether it be a report, a memo, a love letter, or a speech--make a rough OUTLINE before you start drafting. You can start by listing your main points,...
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Recently, I helped a student work through some problem in the statistics for planning class. They wrote me, "Again, thank you for your patience and assistance. I now realize that I should have been checking in with you for...
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By chance, in the last day or two I have heard of several academic integrity violations. Namely, when papers and projects were checked with Turnitin or just Google, the source was discovered. Often, substantial quantities of a paper or...
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1. You need to draft, redraft, and polish. 2. Show your instructor your BEST work. If you receive a marked-up paper, and want to redo it, redo it based on those indications, plus the perspective you have on your...
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In conversations with my colleagues, I realized that many of our students do not realize that most of their professional writing is for a busy audience: bosses, clients, community members, other scholars, etc. They have lots to read and...
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1. Some of you have now asked me for help with your data choice. I'll do my best, but for the rest of the semester you need to get these things settled much sooner--then I can help you more...
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The way to think of a scholar's work is its contribution to the community of researchers and perhaps more widely. Those contributions are described in substantive terms, and it might be that a small number of publications have great impact,...
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I received the following note: Dear Professor Krieger, Next weekend I will be attending a conference and I won't be flying back until Tuesday morning. I will be missing class on Monday, I am a little concerned about what I...
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