Word: contemptable
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...grading allows instructors--of all ranks--to slide by without doing much of anything; it's easy to give a paper an A and write no comments. But a stricter policy would force all teachers to examine and criticize work more carefully. Giving high grades for mediocre work fosters contempt for the instructor, the field, the institution, and academia in general...
...classmates, familiarity does not breed contempt. "The more I've been affiliated with Harvard, the more respect I have for the quality of the Harvard experience...
...MIKES DON'T MAKE A WRIGHT is a trio of such trifles packaged for theatrical release. The Appointments of Dennis Jennings showcases Steven Wright's affectless paranoia ("I remember when I was in the womb; I was over on the right"). Michael Moore of Roger & Me reruns his rollicking contempt for General Motors (and for humanity) in Pets or Meat. The gem is A Sense of History, directed by Mike Leigh. Jim Broadbent, who wrote this deft monologue, plays a squire of Churchillian mien and Sweeney Todd meanness. Not since Browning's My Last Duchess has an aristocrat confessed...
...were never conditioned on your being heterosexual, though of course if you don't come out you'll never know. Moreover, once you've actually announced yourself, you'll be surprised at how your feelings towards anyone who can't handle the news change from fear to anger and contempt, and you will wonder with embarrassment how you could ever have depended on their approval...
...Giving high grades for mediocre work fosters contempt for the instructor, the field, the institution, and academica in general...