Mid-semester blog count

I just counted the number of original posts on the blog for each student so far. I did not count Comments, only posts that could begin new threads -- the ones for which you click New Post and Publish Post, in other words. Here's the tally.

• Six posts: Haley, our champion.
• Four posts apiece: Caleb, Kelsey, Blake, Sean, Jerilyn, Jennifer.
• Three posts apiece: Amber, Mary Grace, Levi, Allen.
• Two posts: Andrew.

Remember this passage from our syllabus: "Participating on the blog – through original posts and replies to others’ posts – is an important part of your semester grade, so get in the habit of visiting daily and contributing frequently.  The minimum class requirement is three posts per week per student, at least one of which must start a new topic or thread, and at least one of which must be a response to a classmate’s post." (Emphasis added.)

As this is Week Eight of the semester, then one easily should expect by now at least six original posts from each of you, assuming we don't count that short Week One and the Week Five when class did not meet in Nott Hall.

Safe to say that all of you but Haley are in arrears, some of you significantly so. Blog participation, remember, is 20 percent of your final grade. Fair warning! Maybe blogging about next week's stories, or about our free-range Moon discussion, will help you catch up ...