Interesting thought, calling them "Japans." However, here in Japan, I
don't think they'd get it. RAT is easy for my second language students
to understand, remember, and pronounce. So RATs it is--for us anyway.
Christine
Fritz Laux wrote:
> Juli:
>
> My students seem to think that "RAT" is pretty funny. The idea of 6 quizzes
> is an immediate groan opportunity and then calling them RATs is like the
> icing on the cake. It's like a "guilty pleasure" for them, that they can
> take advantage of the name to "gripe" while, at the same time, they find the
> team activity scratching off answers for the G-RATs and writing appeals to
> be pretty much fun.
>
> Alternatively, instead of calling them I-RAQs, you could call them "Japans"
> or "Germanys." If you have a darker view of politics, you could call them
> "Cambodias." I would not call it a Czechoslovakia, though; that'd be way
> too hard to explain.... I do agree with you, however, with some students
> having loved ones overseas or possibly having been casualties, calling it an
> I-RAQ might cause some real injury and would not be appropriate.
>
> Best,
>
> Fritz
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: iRAT/gRAT
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> Can anyone suggest better names for the readiness assessment tests? For
> whatever reason I would like something that doesn't spell RAT. I have
> played with iRAQ (other issues) and gRAQ. Any suggestions woudl be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Juli
>
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