No Name Papers No More! A Simple Solution to Save Your Sanity

Published 8 months ago • 1 min read

No Names No More!

For years I have been frustrated by the chronic problem of students handing in work without their name or number on it.

I would hold up the paper and ask "Who's is this?" It was such a time waster.

Of course, no one recognized their work. Worse was when there were multiple no-name papers!

Fast forward to this solution :)

Some clothespins and a letter holder transformed this problem.

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