> Alan Rudy writes:
>>>
>>> I get more and more questions like: "When are you going to
>>>
>>>> put the powerpoints up on Blackboard so I can start to study
>>>> for the test?"
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you give them what they ask for; or is it actually the case that
>>> your PowerPoints have everything needed for the test?
>>>
>>
>> Did you mean to write "do not give them what they ask for?"
>>
>
> No. If they are dumb enough to ask that question, you should give them the
> "answer" they are looking for, and then you should flunk them when they fail
> your test. If you teach at a place that also does "evaluations" you should
> say something like "This is a quarter. Call your mother. Tell her you will
> never graduate from college."
>
>
This is the same as the incessant request for "study guides," which term is
code for "the questions you will ask (preferably along with their answers)."
Students hate me for it, but I refuse to do them.