At the start of every school year, I find myself faced with a dilemma. No, not what to teach. See my post on How I started the year to see why that isn't a stressor for me. My dilemma surrounds my syllabus. Syllabi. I know there is important information I want students to know. I know that students don't want to read a long document. These are 21st century kids. Snapchat kids. Twitter kids. They want fast, brief information. How can my grading practices possibly be described in 140 characters. Well, okay,...
