I have to admit, that's one that doesn't bother me as much. There are times when it just sounds awkward and tortured to try to stick the preposition anywhere else. It depends on the sentence, naturally, but that one never got me all worked up.

(See! wink )

Oh, and kimck, I always got really high marks on my end-o-year evaluations, so I don't think I was too awfully scary. I was certainly tough, but I was clear about my expectations, I was fair and I was a good teacher. I even won one of the rare teaching awards given out by my department--with $$$ attached and everything!!!

Some days I miss the classroom...and then I remember how much it sucked to grade papers, and I get over it! grin

Kriston