best quote from today's faculty meeting

[luninosity]

So, I teach in the English Department at Unnamed Large State University here in SoCal. Today, at our fall orientation meeting, the head of our writing program tried to explain ways to combat plagiarism. This culminated in this glorious piece of advice

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[citizenjess]

Man, the plagiarism talk never gets old. I mean, until it does. :P

[luninosity]

Yeah... well, at least this one was enlivened by creepiness!

We start classes on Friday, so this is prep week; what about you? :D

[citizenjess]

This is week ... five, I think, of a 16-week semester? Things are already like super-intense. I'm dyin' a little. D:

[luninosity]

Ooh, semesters. I'm not sure if that's better, or worse. The 10-week quarters are sometimes killer, over here, but I'm so used to them now that 16 weeks sounds very long! I'm not sure I generally like any of my students enough to want to see them for another 6 weeks. (Actually, that's not true. I've had some GREAT students. They're just not the majority.)

Hey, writing fic is a good escape from the intensity, right? :D

[citizenjess]

Ha ha, it feels like it's really endless sometimes, and then others you're like shiiiit how is it almost mid-terms already. But! I teach ESL students, basically, and there's always at least one who is tech-savvy enough to try out the Google-and-paste tactic for an essay, and then I get to go into my big explanation of how, hi, yeah, I can totally tell. It's like, my superpower.

Also, the 'fic helps, a lot. :P