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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (51231)	6/17/2002 2:44:51 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I think for any assignment a competent instructor has a duty to lay out the terms of the assignment. What could be more like a contract that an instructor who gives an assignment to students? All the parties know that if the students perform the students should be given grades commensurate with their work effort. The teacher generally draws up the "terms" of such "contracts". If the terms are nebulous, if the students do not understand, it seems clear to me that a great deal of the fault lies with the person who drew up the assignment. Although it is always nice if the parties to a contract can work things out without the legal system, it makes sense to use it when it is impossible to solve a dispute on your own. If the assignment has been competently presented the jury won't decide how "good" anything is, they will decide how close the assignment is to the teachers rubric. And if the teacher has not given out a rubric, than more fool the teacher (imo).