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Old 05-22-2008, 04:41 PM   #209
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Yes, he looks in need of both duct tape and WD40. (We love the smell of WD in the morning: it smells like poetry).

The questions ask students to analyse one of Descartes' proofs of the existence of God, his mind-body dualism (with particular reference to problems of interaction), Plato on mimesis, Hume on causality, Hume on ideas of the self... the usual stuff for a philosophy 101 course with an emphasis on metaphysics.
Actually, the students are doing quite well, so I've failed fewer than usual. But the handwriting is much worse than when I first started teaching, so the marking process is more chronophageous. (I've used that word in several memos already: thanks for mozzling it Zelda.) One of my colleagues has reacted to the strain of exam-marking by flying model helicopters around the lecture rooms, for diversion. Another has scheduled a near-continous set of meeting in his room, so that he has less time for marking. I am contemplating the purchase of a bottle of gin, though have resisted, so far. Instead, I am saying that I will mark 5 scripts, then play on the forum a bit.
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