Three days and three posts? Maybe it is a sign of the Apocalypse.
Grading papers for my class of remedial students is soul sucking. I have really connected with these students, but COME ON! Most of them did not come to conference, so they did not make the changes that I recommended to their drafts.
Oh those drafts are so bad. And some are too short? Who would like to guess how many times I told them that papers that were even a smidge too short would fail? I'll give you a hint-- it was more than twice. It was so many times that I started to feel like a real bitch for harping on it so much.
Here is the kicker-- this is the easiest assignment they will have in college writing. The assignment is a four page personal narrative about a time when the student learned something.
No matter, tonight the girls and I are going to go listen to Tim Gunn be wonderful. He'll be at UCA in 30 minutes. The only down side is that I am skipping a lecture on brain based philosophy that Norb is sponsoring, and I feel really terrible about that.
But whichever-- it is time to go!
2 comments:
What grade are you teaching?
Do our teachers feel the same correcting our essays, tests...
I teach at the university level. I'd guess most teachers feel the same when things haven't gone so well. I will say that their second papers went much better.
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