So I've spent about 10 hours grading so far this week and I've laughed out loud numerous times. The brevity and vagueness (definitely not clarity) of their answers is always entertaining. They have approximately an hour to write about a page and half to answer one of two provided essay questions. Mind you, this is the most basic U.S. history courses that exists in the course catalog, and like I said, it's U.S. HISTORY - they've been exposed to it a time or two.
Some highlights...
On Jim Crow ... "He made blacks and whites use different things of the same thing. He made it seem that blacks and whites had the same things, but in reality the things that the blacks had to use were more run down and not as nice as the whites." (Ah, clear as mud!)
On sweatshops... "The people in the sweatshops work long hours, with no breaks. The women didn't necessarily mind though." (Of course they didn't - they had their poor children working beside them to keep them company)
On xenophobia ... "The invasions of scum led to xenophobia." (Where's the scrubbing bubbles when you need them?)
Only about 20 more essays to go! I should be able to finish tomorrow but it will be another mind numbing experience, I'm sure.
T-minus 13 days!
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