Journeys with Tim

fell deeds awake

Test day for my philosophy 106 students today.

Some looked clearly apprehensive. Many thought they would not survive. So I greeted them with the words of King Théoden in The Two Towers:

Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath! Now for ruin! And a red dawn!

Students may not realize this, but instructors are always a bit nervous when they give exams. They wants their students to have a fair shot at doing well while not making the test too hard or too easy. Even my fellow TA and I were thinking about how well we prepared our students during our discussion sections.

Many of the students will be happy that the professor's grading scale ensures high scores. Honestly though, my tests would be harder.

Posted by Tim at February 4, 2004 04:09 PM