Ok, this isn't an e-mail either, but some responses I pulled from a survey I gave concerning the Classroom Response System that we started using this term. I expected survey results to be negative, actually I expected them to be a lot more negative than they are. However, some of the negative responses are so off the mark that it just makes me feel...defeated. Yes, there were a lot of issues to begin with. Issues with the book store and issues with just me having to learn how to use the fucking thing. There were a few negative remarks about these things, but surprisingly the students were rather understanding about these issues.
Here are some remarks that just piss me off...
"it did not help me whatsoever. I do better with using scantrons on a test so i can see that i marked D 4 times in a row etc...plus paper and pencil is what a lot of people prefer rather than using the "clicker" because a lot of the time the clicker did not record our answer and it said we left it blank..."
My response to you, you dumbass...first of all why is it important that you are able to see that you marked D 4 times in a row? What the fuck purpose does that serve? Secondly, I gave you all the option to write down your answers on separate piece of paper that you could turn in to me if there was any doubt in your little fucking brain that the CPS wasn't recording your so-called answers.
Here's another that really pisses me off...
"Aside from not delivering the benefits promised (ie. instantaneous access to grades and correct and incorrect answers entered on the exams,) I had two big problems with this system. First is that it wasn't reliable. Nobody has any faith in the thing! You take your exam and hope that everything goes okay. The instructor assures us that the grades in her database are correct, but the ones we see online are not. We have no way to verify for it ourselves. Second, we can't go back and review our answers. This last point is very important I think. Just as the instructor gauges our strengths and weaknesses by the exams, so do we. We need to be able to sit down with the entire exam, answers and all, and see what we did wrong"
Oh, you stupid, stupid person. Yes, you had instantaneous access to your fucking grades. They were entered into the online gradebook within 30 minutes of the end of class, except for that one time that I had to go to a meeting 4 hours away. Those you had to wait until 5:30 p.m. to get on the same fucking day you took the exam. I guess that wasn't instantaneous enough for you. As for nobody having faith in the thing. If that is the case then why don't more students write their answers on a separate piece of paper (see response to the previous idiot)? You have no way to verify it for yourself? How about asking me to see your responses? How about e-mailing me and asking me what you missed? You say you can't go back and review your answers? You are always welcome to make an appointment to come review your exam or you could e-mail me and I would e-mail you a summary of your responses. I guess that's not good enough for you, you spoiled little millennial brat.
I feel better now. Still feel a little defeated, but I feel better.
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