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...essay it is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to called "assistant," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in you bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattered by a phrase or a phrase reading about the "Xian myth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: We're Not That Stupid | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

...sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate"; "Be Specific"; etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's list. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume Wrote; don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie Wood. If you can't come up with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: We're Not That Stupid | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

...write out "TIME!!!" in inch-high scrawl--it only brings out the sadist in us. Don't (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks--we can (officially) read anything and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page--single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic scripts so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good five extra points if you can hack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: `It Is Time to Disillusion' | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...essay it is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

...sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc.? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume wrote; don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie Wood. If you can't come up with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

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