Dear Intro to Philosophy Students,
Please, please, please read the questions you are answering on short-answer exams. Make sure you are answering the question you SAY you are answering.
Just because a question includes fewer specifics does not mean it is easier to answer. These quesitons are more difficult, because you are given less guidance.
For the record, very few of you are getting the right sort of answer to the question about the reasonableness of a belief in God. You are answering the question about arguments FOR God's existence and aren't discussing whether or not it is reasonable TO belive in God at all. This distinction is important and was made in class many times. Please pay better attention in the future.
Love,
your prof
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Do you think that is a reading comprehension problem or a critical/abstract thinking problem or just a paying attention problem?
It doesn't seem to be reading comprehension, as they seemed to understand the questions themselves. It is more like a critical thinking/being lazy problem...
I'd go with the critical thinking/lazy thing too. Mine just finished a midterm that asked about the rhetorical strategies in an article and instead they wrote to me about the ads and disads of fast food. Not the question, folks.
Wow...really?
That was probably the easiest question I answered during my philosophy comprehensives last year. I had a great time arguing with my prof's about it (that's entirely sincere too).
Your students probably like to answer the question they wish you'd asked, because I KNOW mine like to write the paper they wish I'd assigned.
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