OOC#2: My Heart Was Broken

One of you guys came pretty close to writing one of the best stories sofar in JRN 200. Close, but not close enough: a name was misspelled. Twice. You know what that means. This is what I wrote to the student:

ASSIGNMENT GRADE: 1.0 (1 FATAL FACT ERROR)

INSTRUCTOR’S COMMENTS: THIS FATAL REALLY BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE YOU DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB ON THIS STORY. BUT JOURNALISM ISN’T ABOUT WRITING; IT’S ABOUT GETTING IT RIGHT, AND THE MOST BASIC FACT IS A NAME. PLEASE DO CONSIDER DOING A REWRITE FOR THIS; SIMPLY FIXING THE NAME FATALS WILL RESULT INA SUBSTANTIAL BOOST IN THE ASSIGNMENT GRADE. AND GOING FORWARD, PLEASE MAKE SURE WE ARE PROPERLY CHECKING OUR WORK, NOUN BY NOUN AND NUMBER BY NUMBER AND TITLE BY TITLE AND SUCH. YOU’RE DOING GREAT WORK IN THIS CLASS, BUT WE NEED TO BE AS VIGILANT AS WE ARE HARD-WORKING AND TALENTED.

Sadly, this wasn't the only instance of someone writing a great story but fataling a name. Please, don't let anyone else learn this the hard way.