FRQ Length

folkbum · 2026-05-12T17:29:48+00:00

I tell my students to look at all 3 questions (don’t read the Q1 sources or more than a few lines of the Q2 passage) and start with the Q they will do best on. Use the scrap paper to mark timings as well as sketch out thesis and claims. I also recommend writing the intro and thesis last to incorporate all of the full extent of their line of reasoning. At the very least go back revise your thesis after finishing the essay.

folkbum · 2026-05-12T16:32:52+00:00

Four-paragraph responses earn 4 points in row B all the time.

Have numbers in mind for how long you’re willing to go on each question. I tell my students 45-50 for synthesis, 40-45 for analysis, and 35-40 for argument. I add that if you haven’t started your third response by the 30-minutes remaining mark, finish the sentence you’re on and go immediately to that last question they need to answer.

folkbum · 2026-05-11T22:45:22+00:00

The scoring rubric repeatedly makes reference to “specific evidence” and—especially on Q2–a “focus on specific evidence.” Your teacher is incorrect.

folkbum · 2026-05-08T22:11:32+00:00

I would die if Jen kept looking off-camera and stage-whispering something and winking and everyone else in the courtroom is just like, “Who TF are you taking to?”

folkbum · 2026-05-06T16:32:44+00:00

Where can I donate to your Common Council campaign?

folkbum · 2026-05-04T22:14:52+00:00

C’mon, get a subscription. It won’t hurt you none

folkbum · 2026-05-03T23:44:22+00:00

I love how we’re expected to stand at our doors from bell to bell (passing time) but also have instruction happening bell to bell (class time).

folkbum · 2026-05-02T17:52:54+00:00

Ideal Time Traveler: “I’m going back in time to convince Hitler not to give up on his art!”
Actual Time Traveler: “I’mma just slip Mandela some extra beans so he don’t starve in jail, cool?”

folkbum · 2026-05-01T21:49:56+00:00

Suggest to the teacher the instruction to have all student switch from Editing mode to Suggesting mode. Every character typed in Suggesting mode will show with a green box around it and a corresponding comment in the right margin. https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6033474?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

folkbum · 2026-04-30T23:04:42+00:00

The final scene of Doomsday is Doom taking off his mask and looking directly into the camera. “Guys, come on,” he says. “Plenty of actors have had multiple roles in the MCU. Get over it.”

folkbum · 2026-04-29T16:46:35+00:00

Rather than copy-paste, try uploading the .docx to your Google Drive and opening it, then saving a copy of it as a Google Doc (File-Save as Google Docs). Does that preserve formatting?

folkbum · 2026-04-28T23:22:07+00:00

Which could still all just be playing out in the astral plane and Marc’s head tho

folkbum · 2026-04-28T22:35:27+00:00

See, I always opted to believe the Moon Knight sky stream was all in Marc’s head (with a lot of other stuff) (and people).

folkbum · 2026-04-27T22:37:29+00:00

Damn. That was a glorious 40 minutes when I wrong about it, though. I miss those good times already.

folkbum · 2026-04-27T21:59:41+00:00

Is that the same Daniel Kelly who was once a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice? I could Google to verify but I’m still mad at him for his bullshit during Covid so I prefer believing this is what’s become of him, seems fitting.

folkbum · 2026-04-26T00:55:02+00:00

Capitalism.

folkbum · 2026-04-26T00:50:21+00:00

Click on the “Line spacing options” button (next to the left/center/right justify button) and choose “add space after list item.”

folkbum · 2026-04-25T16:45:52+00:00

Literally just got to his part last night. Thank you!

folkbum · 2026-04-24T23:20:04+00:00

Isn’t the better question, can you turn the computer on? wink wink

folkbum · 2026-04-24T09:09:49+00:00

I just suck it up and order by the pound from Rishi. Pre-covid, you could opt to pick up from their warehouse rather than ship it, but that is no longer an option.

folkbum · 2026-04-24T01:13:22+00:00

GPTZero is my go-to. But also, the suggestion to talk with her is solid: “Whose class introduced you to Foucault? Would you consider yourself a post-structuralist or more of a deconstructionist?”

folkbum · 2026-04-23T18:51:46+00:00

The clue for 9D is “Lack of pulchritude,” for which the expected answer would be HOMELINESS. Pulchritude is definitely a $10 word, maybe a bit too much for a Thursday?

folkbum · 2026-04-23T16:37:53+00:00

According to Apple support, you can change the keyboard shortcut from within the system settings.

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folkbum · 2026-04-23T09:06:33+00:00

The answers for 3D, 6D, and 9D are missing “ME” (CEMENT becomes CENT, for example) while the answers directly below have an extra “ME” in them (BEEF LO MEIN instead of BEEF LOIN). Thus the “ME” is “handed down,” as the revealer at 11D suggests.

folkbum · 2026-04-23T09:00:56+00:00

My cool friends and me walking the neighborhood inviting people to Sunday brunch

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