Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Grading Goofs

I'm deep in the grading morass, and it's always interesting to see what kinds of typos show up in papers. Spellcheck is a mixed blessing, as it often turns mistyped words into correct ones--but not the ones my students intended. So far my favorite is
"Chinese Damn Projects". Which, if you're a protectionist, is probably accurate!

Update:

Here's another: "Due to the lack of information available for stuffy..."