Thoughts

I’m marking a first-year engineering assignment where students had to design a device to separate egg yolks from their whites and shells.

At least a quarter of the students have cited their mother in their references.

I also worry about the guy who cited a tape ruler, a ruler, soft drink bottles, a soap container, solder, plastic boxes, and a spoon knife.

Although marking student essays is laborious and boring, it’s almost worth it for the few gems you get, like these:

“The average running life of a LED is around 7 years which means they virtually never need to be replaced.”

“It is the creation of engineering brains.”

“Human’s development could be worse than now without the ideas of engineers.”

“Also there is some also some carbon produced, commonly known as burnt toast.”