2/3 of these animals aren't in my country so I don't know about the logistics but this seems really cool!
I think blind marking is important. I have literally heard people objecting to proposed grades with phrases like "but he's a bad student" or "but she's really bright."
I agree with this. It's a bit like the first 2 pancakes, you have to go back over the first half a dozen once you're in the zone.
I used to grade hard copies a lot, after I graded I'd put them in order from best to worst (numerical grades) and then do quick comparisons between an assignment and its neighbours in the pile. It's an easy way to "quality control".
As for the comments, that's a self-discipline issue. If you're giving, say, 4 positives and 4 negatives per assignment and have standard ways of phrasing, it shouldn't deteriorate.
This, surely it's more usual? The first time I ever reached out the person sent me three recent articles and an invitation to let them know when/where my research was published, even though it wasn't relevant to their discipline.
I was a lowly grad student and he was a senior academic with his own lab. I'd heard of his research because it was mentioned in a science documentary on tv, and the whole experience really gave me a happy feeling.
I can see why ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world only did it the one time after the experience they had, though.
As someone from neither place - I'm guessing it didn't strike a nerve, so much as it struck a funny bone.
There's just something ludicrous about the phrasing.
Brb building time machine.
The behind-the-scenes is brutal.
Source: I live with someone else's grandmother. As soon as the grandkid visit ends, she goes to bed for the rest of the day to recover from all the prep.
China does this too. I love getting files in this format.
This story made me cry. I am disabled and not always mobile. There are loved ones in my family who are elderly, cannot walk far, and depend on medication.
I cannot even imagine what it must be like to try to evacuate at short notice, with nowhere to go.
My childhood was a bit difficult, but very fun, but my teen years were hard.
After about 23 everything just got better and better for me, emotionally, financially, career-wise, everything.
Then in my mid 30s I was struck down by an illness that takes most aspects of your life away and throws you back into poverty. So that has been really hard, losing my career, ability to work or socialize, etc.
Life isn't what it's "supposed to" be for many of us. It's a random lottery of birth and health and events.
Take milk, simmer for an hour. Thats basically it
I feel like you're one of the people this article is talking about.
Dromio05 showed me several posts he deemed questionable since Reddit took away his own mod badge. For example, this post shares a link to an article about "rebel canners," which Dromio05 argues "gives a public platform to people who openly encourage methods and recipes that are known to be unsafe, like canning milk and open kettle canning." The post is labeled unsafe, but Dromio05 would have removed the link to the article.
Wow that's quite the bioweapon!