Scary

[Harriet J. Ottenheimer]

Yeah, just think of it as an opportunity to effect change, even if 
small.    :-)    Harriet

Richard J Senghas wrote:
> Well, those numbers seem better than how it used to be.  Now let's see 
> what you get out of them AFTER you've had them for a semester
>
> To be fair, there have been some semesters where the final exams have 
> revealed that I've not had the effect I had hoped.  However, there is 
> a correlation between classroom attendance and those who seem to 
> learn.  I guess that means I actually do have some effect, if they 
> give me a chance....
>
> -RJS
>
> On 31 Aug 2007, , at 1:56 PM, Robert Lawless wrote:
>
>> You take what you can get and be happy about it.
>>
>> At 03:02 PM 8/31/2007, Ronald Kephart wrote:
>>> Here's one of the questions from the pretest in my Intro to Anthro 
>>> class:
>>>
>>> Many African Americans in the United States speak Ebonics, also called
>>> African American English. Ebonics is:
>>> Answers                                              Percent Answered
>>> a sign of linguistic deprivation.            40%
>>> a perfectly normal human language.     31.429%
>>> a sign of cognitive deficit.                       8.571%
>>> an indication of educational deficit.     20%
>>>
>>> Should we just be happy that nearly a third picked the "right" answer?
>>> -----------
>>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
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