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From: junkmail@moreira.mv.com (Alberto C Moreira)
Subject: Re: Grading
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In article <5ht5lc$6g9@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>, kaynjay@ix.netcom.com wrote:

>Goodness sakes . . . 
>
>I could have sworn that was the point behind my comment about polynomials. 
>Can you teach factoring without multiplication being "under the belt?"  Talk 
>about being remedial . . .

Let's go back to what I said, shall we ? I said I didn't like to have to 
grade when students were weak on a course's prerequisites. Specially 
when we're far down the road, years after the event, and we have to 
interrupt an otherwise sound course to teach them nursery rhymes all 
over again. 

I've had this problem over and over again, registrars letting students into courses 
they cannot possibly follow.

Not fun...


Alberto.



