A student handed in a personal essay titled "Legos: the Root of All Evil." I showed it to Sonja, who said, "Don't tell Evan," but Evan overheard that and so we had to tell him. Afterwards he became kind of obsessed with it. Why in the world would someone write that about Legos? What a moron. I was going to give him an F, wasn't I?
Eric: "Evan, I haven't even read the essay yet. I can promise you that it's not really about how awful Legos are?"
Evan: "How do you know?"
Eric: "I just know. The assignment was to write about a time when you did something you knew was wrong. This student probably stole a friend's Legos, or a friend stole his, or something like that."
Evan: "Legos: the Schmoot of All Schmeevil. What a jerk. You need to give him an F."
Eric: "I think I just need to read the essay..."
Evan: "So you can give him an F."
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I wholeheartedly support telling you what grade you should give people before you've even read the assignments. I remember doing that somewhere around 1997, and it all worked out splendidly.
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