Which Lecturer Shall I Ask?
A student, that I shall refer to as student R, who is in one of my Project Management groups e-mailed Kevin Kiernan - who is not his lecturer (Kevin teaches Group D) - and who, as far as I'm aware, doesn't know this student - with the following request:
Student R also didn't sign his real name that we all know him by, and that he usually signs at the end of e-mails and other correspondence. However, I recognised the e-mail address and the e-mail alias name that he used with Kevin, and I know who this student is.
As I have already mentioned in class and in this post, we don't give out answers to the multiple choice questions because this can inform the answers to this year's questions. As I also said in class and in the post highlighted previously, there is a set of practice multiple choice questions with answers on the Management Studies Centre web pages for you to use.
I really do hope this e-mail to Kevin was a mistake and not an attempt to 'play us off' against each other. I know I speak for all of the course team when I say that we take a dim view of any such activity.
As a general principle, it's best to contact the lecturer that taught you the aspect that you have a question about - as that person will be best placed to clarify the points he / she was making in the lecture.
In answer to the final question more generically - with around 300 students doing this course it would be impossible for the course team to try to correct students' revision practice efforts. This is why we give out handouts with some exam model answers - to give you an indication of style and type of response. We're happy to answer queries, but can't mark your efforts - Sorry!
Dear Kevin: hi,i am doing mast3001 this year i did some multipl choise questions from the past exam papers, could you please correct for me?
Student R also didn't sign his real name that we all know him by, and that he usually signs at the end of e-mails and other correspondence. However, I recognised the e-mail address and the e-mail alias name that he used with Kevin, and I know who this student is.
As I have already mentioned in class and in this post, we don't give out answers to the multiple choice questions because this can inform the answers to this year's questions. As I also said in class and in the post highlighted previously, there is a set of practice multiple choice questions with answers on the Management Studies Centre web pages for you to use.
I really do hope this e-mail to Kevin was a mistake and not an attempt to 'play us off' against each other. I know I speak for all of the course team when I say that we take a dim view of any such activity.
As a general principle, it's best to contact the lecturer that taught you the aspect that you have a question about - as that person will be best placed to clarify the points he / she was making in the lecture.
In answer to the final question more generically - with around 300 students doing this course it would be impossible for the course team to try to correct students' revision practice efforts. This is why we give out handouts with some exam model answers - to give you an indication of style and type of response. We're happy to answer queries, but can't mark your efforts - Sorry!
posted by SuperJane at
14:46
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Wolfgang is well aware of this activity. Wolfgang himself has been approached by doubtless poorly exfoliated students with requests such as "Give me the answers to question XXX year XXXX". Wolfgang was not impressed. Wolfgang is the recipient of several Derek Zoolander Foundation for Kids who can't read good and want to learn to do other stuff good too awards, and did not take kindly to receiving multiple, unstylish, emails.
They, of course, went into his delete bin alongside the begging letters from that slut Donatella Versace.
If one wants to benefit from Wolfgang's advice, one does not wear shoes from Burton.
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Anonymous, at 10/4/07 10:03
I heart Wolfie, ow-ooo!
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Matt, at 11/4/07 11:02
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