[PRL] Fwd: TP Msg. #824 Eleven Things You Could Start Doing Today for the Benefit of Your Students' Writing

[Riccardo Pucella]

----- "Matthias Felleisen" <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> > 8. The first time you read a batch of student work, do so without a 
> 
> > pencil in hand. Just read to get a sense of it; make no comments.  
> > Second time, read closely and make comments.
> 
> I want to do this every time I read a grad student draft paper. I  
> can't. Why can't they write so that I don't feel forced to pick up a 
> red pen after the first para? :-)


Sorry -- can't resist:

  http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=690

Definitely time to go to sleep.

 Cheers,
 R