How to Fail in your English Class

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d9c87d0.gif" border=0 width="200" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ray Knight's Learning Experiments </B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ray Knights Learning Experiments "><U>home</U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> How to Fail in your English Class</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A NAME="why_have_a_page_like_this_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT>Why have a page like this?  Some people learn best from negative examples!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0dfdfca0.gif" border=0 width="223" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Please don't fail!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1)  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Best way to fail: </FONT> Don't go to class.  Teachers really like that.   My absence policy is in the syllabus in case you are not sure about this.  Related strategies:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">      excessive absences  (*with or without excuses*)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">      absent from class, but seen on campus or other interesting places</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">      continual lack of preparation -- not having read the required work, not bringing the required assignments, not participating -- all of which are treated as absences as stated in the syllabus</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">*excuses may sometimes help, but an excuse is not the equivalent of an exercise, assignment, quiz, or presentation done on time.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2)  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Second best way to fail:</FONT>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Plagiarize your work (either partially or completely).  If you have questions about this one, check the syllabus and also the Plagiarism Project for your class.  There may also be examples under the heading of Unsuccessful Work in the Handouts page for your class.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3)  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Third best way to fail</FONT>:  Don't do your work.   Any Questions?</div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701b800000000.gif" HEIGHT="29" WIDTH="29" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Guaranteed strategy</I>:<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  Any combination of the above.  </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22_these.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Survive and Succeed in your Engli"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Back to How to survive and succeed</U></A>.....</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>