[nabs-l] Grade deductions for visual mistakes

[kcj21]

Hi all,
        Thank you for your feedback. I just wanted to clarify that I do know how to format my papers correctly format my papers (12pt. font, 1 inch margins, works cited page, etc.). I am a literature major, so I generally write between 8-10 papers a semester and therefore, I am well aware of correct punctuation and grammar. I also usually have a friend scan my papers for visual mistakes in exchange for editing their papers' content. These issues of missing an indention or having an extra period are rare. However, some of my professors will still deduct points for these mistakes even if they see that, judging by the rest of my paper, I know when to indent and proper punctuation. 
 
To anyone who uses Zoomtext, can you adjust appreader , so that it reads punctuation?
 
Best,
Kaley 


On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 2:27 AM, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
  


Hi, Helga, and everyone,

How can we possibly do something that is so visual like format 
papers? I mean, don't we need sighted help? is that not a no-brainer?
CarAt 11:04 PM 11/18/2014, Helga Schreiber via nabs-l wrote:
>Hi Kaley. I think regarding this issue that you are having, I think 
>you should talk to your professor about it since it is not your 
>fault that you are making this visual mistakes. In fact, I think 
>that some of you guys here will agre with me in this, I know that we 
>really don't want to rely in sighted assistance when it comes to 
>help us on the format of our papers in doing the formatting of them, 
>but I think we should in some situations. In particular for me, when 
>I do or write some kind of paper, I do all the formatting of it, but 
>I usually ask one of my family members if they can help me check if 
>I have the right formatting and if it looks like the Professor wants 
>it. However, if they can't help me with that, I usually go to my 
>writing center and ask a tutor if they can help me with the 
>formatting of my paper. So have you tried to ask one of your sighted 
>friends to help you with the formatting of your paper, or go to the 
>writing center and ask one of the tutors to help you with the 
>formatting before you turn it in to the Professor? I'm just 
>wondering. Hope this help! Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks and 
>God bless! :)
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> > On Nov 19, 2014, at 1:24 AM, kcj21 via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >      When writing a paper, I have Zoomtext Appreader read my 
> paper aloud and I use Spell Check. However, occasionally, there are 
> small formatting mistakes that I don't notice. Unfortunately, I 
> usually get a slight grade reduction for these visual mistakes. 
> Once, I got points off because I had two periods and recently, I 
> lost a few points because my paragraph wasn't indented, but it was 
> definitely separated from the previous paragraph. What do you guys 
> do in these circumstances. Should I explain these visual mistakes 
> to my professor?
> >
> > Best,
> > Kaley
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