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...READ SKIM [X] TOSS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...Verdict: Skim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Internet: Safe for Kids? | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...Verdict: Skim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Many Faces of Addiction | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.’s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D’s. Consider C- a failure.) Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn’t thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. “Locke is a transitional figure...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Reply | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...READ [X] SKIM TOSS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

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