tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post5708431772183629889..comments2023-10-28T05:29:07.535-06:00Comments on Windmill Watching: Things students will do for paper extentions:SWILUAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-16909524286393856522009-12-09T13:10:21.121-07:002009-12-09T13:10:21.121-07:00I was just thinking "Charlene Wells can't...I was just thinking "Charlene Wells can't be old enough to have a daughter in college," and then I realized that MY daughter just filled out her application to BYU last week. Ouch.CSIowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938642038970322119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-56462606841854447502009-12-08T10:41:53.366-07:002009-12-08T10:41:53.366-07:00and by "right" I meant "write."...and by "right" I meant "write." cuz, like, I'm a writing teacher and NEVER make embarrassing spelling mistakes.SWILUAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-89146052165484639272009-12-08T10:40:19.493-07:002009-12-08T10:40:19.493-07:00when they know their paper is going to be late, th...when they know their paper is going to be late, they write up a two page list of things they're willing to do for an extension. then I get to choose one item off the list for every day the paper is late. So they come up with the ideas, but I give the final say. (I don't want to see anyone naked, for example, and yet there are always people who right things about streaking on their lists. Gah! ;-) <br /><br />though, I have to say that the wall-licker, I just told her to pick randomly herself because I would have been too grossed out to pick that one.SWILUAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-90121503438168173642009-12-08T05:55:59.882-07:002009-12-08T05:55:59.882-07:00I've been wondering whether the students come ...I've been wondering whether the students come up with their own "thing I will do for a paper extension" or if you have created a hatful from which they draw at random.CSIowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938642038970322119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-85273319630635317852009-12-07T19:32:04.921-07:002009-12-07T19:32:04.921-07:00there's not too much backstory that I know. h...there's not too much backstory that I know. her mom was Miss America. her last name *is* Hawkes, though, so maybe you know more that I do.SWILUAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676123927004595983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658930.post-60098829205518384972009-12-07T19:29:55.797-07:002009-12-07T19:29:55.797-07:00Okay, I want the backstory on the maternal source ...Okay, I want the backstory on the maternal source for actual Miss America crown. Your mother or the student's mother? Is Mrs. Hawkes in this story?Johnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773075683946846125noreply@blogger.com