karynh.bsky.social
Lover of dogs, fine foods, the out-of-doors, reading, and geekdom. In a former life I was an English instructor and reviewer of children’s and YA literature. Canadian, but well travelled, having lived abroad for 15 years (England, India, France, USA).
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I like the fact that this April fools joke has fooled literally none of you. You all know Steve too well....
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The BC truckers have a reasonable concern about retaliation escalating to their detriment, though, tbh. Only 1% of cargo to Alaska is by land, apparently. Google The Vancouver Sun article today.
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Your students are very lucky. I believe so, too, but I have only taught undergrad, so it is unequivocally my job. I warned students that the amount of red did not reflect their grade, just their language errors… the best minds can have been poorly taught in highschool.
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Oh, I agree completely! We should not expect that. SFU used to have a writing centre, but it closed in 2003 due to budget cuts. What SHOULD be provided to students and what IS differs greatly. And faculty is often overloaded with department obligations and grad students slip through the cracks.
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Could be—I only know University of London, Goldsmiths College, who didn’t want to see anything but a completely polished draft (but dept if lit) and Canadian institutions, where I work and my clients attend. Supervisors assisting with language would be a special treat.
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Supervisors are also there to assist in organizational skills etc., of course, but none I would be happy “proofreading.”
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Actually, no… the supervisor’s input is not in language, but content. I edited (ethically, imo) for science grad students because their evaluation was similarly based on content, not language.
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Terrifying
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Well, and this. Have you seen it? www.importantcontext.news/p/a-new-acad...