*headdesk*

[rebeccmeister]

I hate grading when my students just don't seem to understand or care about the material. I think the problem is the time of the semester, but they're still confusing hypotheses and predictions, and are trying to prove things with the scientific method. Oh, and they can't do math, which doesn't bode well for this nation's future. Nor can they design experiments.

They are going to have a hard time with the lab final, and I absolutely refuse to coddle them through it.

This seriously makes me feel like a failure as a teacher, but I suspect that it has a lot to do with the fact that the assignment was due the day after they had an exam in lecture. Please, o students, learn to plan ahead. And please oh please get help if something's unclear.