From: cbertsch	Date: November 1st, 2013 03:58 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Yes. This is a class full of Honors students, who come closer to staying on the right side of the divide. But sometimes they still fall short.

	From: cbertsch	Date: November 1st, 2013 03:59 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

What field? I think it makes a big difference whether you're in the natural science, social sciences or humanities. I'm coming from an English background, obviously, where writing "plot summary" on undergrad essays is a sign that they are not up to snuff.

	From: alsoname	Date: November 2nd, 2013 03:30 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

No field in particular -- it was the generic grad-student orientation with like 800 students from all departments.

	From: cbertsch	Date: November 1st, 2013 04:02 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

This was tongue in cheek, to a degree. As I noted above, these are Honors students. Many of them surely had teachers who tried as hard to elevate the quality of their work as you do with your students. Not all of them, though, since I was moved to write this after a student asked whether summaries would suffice.