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Old 05-22-2008, 05:06 PM   #211
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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.
Don't do it Patricia! The cost in human sorrow is far too great for the brief surcease of suffering that it brings. Many lives have gone straight down the shitter (loo) from such attempts to numb oneself from the dreary mundanities of life.

Besides, gin is faster and you get a lot better crowd to hang out with than surfing MR.
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Old 05-22-2008, 05:07 PM   #212
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Mark the papers in cinquain form?

Plato
on mimesis?
Is it divine madness
to mark student papers in verse?
Untruth!!
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Old 05-22-2008, 05:43 PM   #213
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Mark the papers in cinquain form?

Plato
on mimesis?
Is it divine madness
to mark student papers in verse?
Untruth!!
Oh yes.
That is a thought
when marking dull papers
on a wet Thursday evening
Quite late.
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Old 05-22-2008, 05:52 PM   #214
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Bravo. I like especially learning that you pronounce "evening" with three syllables. Most people "around here", pronounce it "eve-nen".
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Old 05-22-2008, 05:52 PM   #215
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Patricia... I wrote that a llloooooonnnnggg time ago. Thought it was pretty good back then now.. I dunno.. I'm reading A Tale Of Two Cities by the way and... Reluctantly I have to admit... I'm enjoing it...
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Old 05-22-2008, 05:56 PM   #216
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No need to be reluctant, Roy.
HarryT will be pleased: he's very fond of Dickens.
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Old 05-22-2008, 06:47 PM   #217
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I can always come over and help hold you down, I'm sure we can get some willing helpers...
Having been present at a Back, Sack and Crack wax...you're on your own, Geoff.

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Old 05-22-2008, 06:48 PM   #218
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Patricia to the rescue... thanks for defending my honor.
She offered her honour
He honoured her offer
He was on 'er and off 'er
all night.



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Old 05-22-2008, 06:57 PM   #219
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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. ...
I'm currently reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union and there's a line in there I've just read that made me think of another teacher (Philosophy), and, now, you...

"...raucous chains of Verbover girls vehement and clannish as schools of philosophy"

Mister Chabon is getting into his stride now, and this book is warming up nicely (which is good, considering its geography).

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Old 05-22-2008, 07:00 PM   #220
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Patricia... I wrote that a llloooooonnnnggg time ago. Thought it was pretty good back then now.. I dunno.. I'm reading A Tale Of Two Cities by the way and... Reluctantly I have to admit... I'm enjoing it...
Roy, you should head to the Scribblings thread (if you have not already) and include your current "scribblings". It'll be right up your alley, I reckon.

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Old 05-23-2008, 07:33 AM   #221
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he turned
asking me what
I was writing, laughed when
I showed him (me?) then turned and faced
the sun


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Old 05-24-2008, 04:19 PM   #222
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Poetry, Prose, and Musings of MobileRead Forum Members
I've enjoyed some of the original material written by regular people - people like you. So I've compiled the poetry from this thread, the prose from the 'Vera' thread, and some from the 'Scribblings' thread together into this ebook. There are probably other things I should have added so let me know and perhaps I'll update it. Enjoy! :mobileread:

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Old 05-24-2008, 04:25 PM   #223
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Be sure to include copyright statements... all rights reserved to the original authors, even if they have funny names. Also, MobileRead has rights that accrue to anything we post or upload into their system...

I may actually want to PUBLISH some of the stuff I've written here, and some publishers are very picky about what they'll tolerate in terms of "previously published" work. I guess that's just a cautionary note to myself, not to publicly post anything I might want to publish. It's just that stuff I post here appears to have a transitory nature... it'll eventually scroll off... but I know that really, it doesn't. It's all in the database. Plus Google steals it and serves it out to the universe...

Wow - talk about throwing a wet blanket on things, when I should be saying "nice work, VR". It was fun seeing it all together, even the 15-20 pages that made me thankful for the forum's ignore feature.
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Old 05-24-2008, 05:44 PM   #224
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<ignore feature> Hey, added spaces where appropriate. Chill.

As to copyright, I will add whatever statement is appropriate. Do you have a suggestion. But let me ask, since the material is already posted on this forum website, is it still copyrightable? That is, could people just copy it and use it anyway without your permission?
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Old 05-24-2008, 07:34 PM   #225
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Yes it is. An author holds the copyright to her or his work until she assigns it elsewhere. But a copyright statement would make things clearer.

People could still plagiarise it. We can't actually stop them. But, if anyone tries, we should be able to establish our identity and priority of publication, if necessary -- probably by asking mods to confirm our ip addresses etc.
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