The Masked Grader Strikes Again! [Updated]
Update: The papers have been taken down; the links now lead to this notice:
taken down the files pending an appointment I have with them next week.
Ah, the joys of non-academic discipline.
I love this panel from Achewood:
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="168px" width="165px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
It would seem that a number of future car stereo magazine subscribers
were taking an astronomy course at the University of Texas in Austin,
tracks. There is the “this is going to hurt a lot but you will learn
from it” engineering physics. There is the “you learn the concepts but
you are useless in any practical sense” biomed physics (which I’m
taking). And then there is the “I’m taking this because for some reason
my liberal arts degree mandates it.” physics.
I was
walking through Painter Hall when I saw a pile of graded papers waiting
to be picked up. It was a short writing assignment on how the practical
applications of lasers has affected your life.
From a quick look
at the grammar and incomplete sentences, I knew it was a freshman
course. So I took the papers, added my own… comments… and placed
them back in the pile. The grades on them were put there by the
original grader.
Both the papers and the comments he added are hilarious. The latter, intentionally so:
Read the full entry here.
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Joey, the links now go to a notice that the papers have been taken down on advice of UT Austin lawyers.
If anyone has a copy of them, I'll offer free hosting.
--Quentin
quentins@comclub.org
Okay, I've procured a copy of the papers. You can find them on my website at:
http://files.comclub.org/blog/20050212-badpapers/
--Quentin