• ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Waay back in high school I had a teacher who just aimed for getting an essay written at all. He had one assignment per week: a 5 paragraph essay due every Friday.

    If you turned one in: automatic 75%, baseline. Turn in garbage each week? C grade free. He even said you could turn the same essay in each week. 75%. C.

    If you missed it, 0% no make-up work.

    A lot of the class failed.

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      13 hours ago

      Couldn’t they like turn in a blank page?

      I get forgetting it. But you should have a paper somewhere that you could turn in, no?

      • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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        13 hours ago

        He demanded at least you write something down. He had a formula for writing 5 paragraph essays and he said to use it, and accepted nonsense if you plugged it in. No pencil. Had to be pen or typed. I still actually use it when trying to write.