Laura
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Location : Germany
Dictionary Definition : Laura: Also known as "Solveig", her internet pseudonym, this female specimen of Homo Sapiens founded the Literary Cabinet world. One can spot "Laura," by the fun she has grading papers and drinking coffee, with triple coffee consumption ever since she quit smoking. Like another species, Homo Sapiens Zarasahanous, she enjoys picking at the extreme Twilight fans. This specimen is particularly fond of procrastinating, as most of the other species of the Literary Cabinet Universe are.
Registration date : 2008-12-02
 |  Subject: One of my students Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:29 pm | |
| Today we started discussing "Brave New World" in class, and one of my students turned up without having read the book. Instead, he had read a book containing notes on the novel. Does it surprise anyone that he was not able to participate?  I don't actually believe he did this intentionally. I think he thought that in this way, he would get the content of the novel and all the work ready-made. Unfortunately for him, I pride myself on not teaching the basic level that is represented in these notes, but two or three steps beyond that. Any thoughts? | |
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BeautyBlitz
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Dictionary Definition : Rodent - Homo Rodentiensis is a typical LC creature. Always ready to laugh about stupidity, this being has long occupied a special moderator status on the LC. As one of the very few LC creatures who actually can get and keep a partner, she is the object of constant envy. Though madness is not part of the average Rodents characteristics, this particular feature can at times be subject to change, especially when striken by severe sleep deprivation.
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Registration date : 2008-12-02
| | Subject: Re: One of my students Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:23 pm | |
| I think most cases like this just boil down to plain old laziness. Perhaps he was just to lazy to pick up the book and actually read it. In search of an easy way out, he then visited a web site such as Sparknotes.com or something.
Maybe he really did think that he would learn all there was to know by just reading the notes, but I doubt that. I think he thought that the notes would provide him with enough information to scrape past unnoticed. His mistake.
It is sad, I think, that such web sites exist, but what is even sadder is that people use them as a replacement for actually reading the book. No amount of notes is a sufficient replacement for actually reading a book. | |
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