I hate grading!

[SallyMander]

Can i just give everyone 100% and make myself a drink??? :D

:beer:



Happy Sunday, Loungies! :hug:

[SPKrazy]

1. you could

:P

but you won't...

;)

:hi:

:hug:

[SallyMander]

4. That's what YOU think!

No, you're right, i won't. :evilfrown:


:hi: SPK

[greenbriar]

2. I so know the feeling

I had my kids work on a project that took two weeks to complete...

now I have to grade the darn things

[SallyMander]

5. Maybe you could just thrown them down the stairs

Whichever goes farthest gets an A? :rofl:

How many students do you have?

[greenbriar]

7. 173

6 classes a day

[SallyMander]

9. WOW

:wow:


OK, i'm gonna stop whining now! :D

[madeline_con]

3. I'm studying to be an ExEd teacher.

I'm going to try to have the kids grade as much as possible themselves, by trading papers. I think it will help them all review, also.

Of course, there's always the stuff they're not allowed to mess with, like some of the midterms and finals.

I spend most of my day at school (I'm a teacher assisstant) grading, while the teacher does
instruction, IEPs, endless other meetings, reading assessment and email.

I feel your pain. I guess you have it ALL to do. :hi:

[SallyMander]

6. Exercise Education?

Definitely helpful all around to have them review each other. We have them do that with their big end-of-quarter writeup.

But yeah, not so much with the exams... bummer.


I'm just whining -- i really don't have it too bad. There are 4 TAs, so we each teach a lab section and have about 30-40 exams to grade.

:hi:

[madeline_con]

11. Exceptional.

[IzaSparrow]

8. You might need to be concerned with privacy procedures...

don't get yourself in trouble.

Arguably, student's grades aren't supposed to be made public to anyone according to FERPA.

[greenbriar]

10. yup

the days of trading and grading are over for many districts


also, have the studnets use crayons or something if you trade and grade because the kids like to change grades

[IzaSparrow]

12. another reason for not doing it...

when I was in HS, we all marked off just a couple of questions, and "surprisingly" everyone got high 90s on every homework assignment that was traded, unless you got Rachel, then you knew you were screwed.

[madeline_con]

13. It's done all the time here in Brevard County, FL, but I need to

check into that. It's a valid point.

Erasures would be subject to inquiry, and grading a good buddy's paper could be prevented by how they're handed out.

Thanks for the heads up, though.

[AwakeAtLast]

16. My district forbids trading and grading

I give all of my students red pens and have them correct their own answers. I also tell them that I will survey at random. If any answers are not corrected, I take double the number of points off.

The students get immediate feedback and still keep their privacy.

[mike_c]

14. grading is soul killing....

There just isn't any way to make it enjoyable, as far as I'm concerned. Well, except maybe off-loading it onto TAs.... :rofl:

[SallyMander]

15. ...

:grr:


Someday... :P

[NewJeffCT]

17. what age & what subject are you teaching?

just curious.

[SallyMander]

18. I'm a grad student

TAing a college course in Ecology. We have mostly 2nd and 3rd year students. :hi:

[mike_c]

19. LOL-- I knew you are a grad student....

I'm teaching general ecology this semester too, with more or less the same sort of students (ours tend to be mostly 3rd or 4th year students). It's one of my most fun courses, but the grading is HORRENDOUS. I give long, involved exams-- most people take several days to complete them, and there are three each semester. It usually takes a couple of TAs and me two weeks to grade them, with each of us spending 20 hrs+ to complete them. Then there are the research project reports in lab, and a host of short assignments. Grading it all is incredibly tedious.

Last spring we had a midterm exam just before spring break, and for a variety of reasons I got stuck with the whole stack. I had a trip to the Saline Valley planned for the break, so I took them along. Luckily it was so hot that staying under shelter was preferable most days. Here's how I spent the ENTIRE WEEK (grading exams):

[SallyMander]

20. I knew you knew

You are mean! :P

Actually, you must be very nice to do all that grading -- most of the time when i teach, the prof doesn't do any grading at all.

I guess you probably didn't get much fieldwork done though! :hi:

[NewJeffCT]

22. well, if I had ever been a TA

I probably would have been receptive to sexual favors from co-eds for grades... so, it's probably a good thing I never went into teaching.

[SallyMander]

21. Update -- I'M DONE!!!

:woohoo:

[hisownpetard]

23. Couldn't you just buy the cheese already grated?

[SallyMander]

24. ???

:shrug:

[hisownpetard]

31. You hate "grading" - so it's a joke. About *grated" cheese...

never mind.

[SallyMander]

33. Ohhhhhh

Sorry, i'm slow today! :dunce:

:hi:

[hisownpetard]

34. It was too far away from the OP, is why!

:hi:

[femmocrat]

25. Best day of my teaching life was when they went to Pass/Fail for my classes.

It's so easy now. I used to spend hours with a calculator figuring out percentages. Bleah!

[SallyMander]

29. That's awesome

What do you teach?

:hi:

[femmocrat]

32. Art. Too "unimportant " for percentage grades, I guess....

:shrug: But overall, it was a godsend for me! Now I just pass everyone. One click and I'm done!

[Ikonoklast]

26. Get yourself one of these

Knock that job down to size in a heartbeat.


Lots more fun to operate than a red pen, I'll wager.

[SallyMander]

28. LOL - that looks WAY more fun!

:rofl:

[Jamastiene]

27. Please do...

especially if I happen to be in your class. :D

Can I have a drink too?

[SallyMander]

30. Students who are DUers

(and want to have drinks with me) automatically get A's. :D

[Jamastiene]

36. Thank you.

That makes me want to learn even more. :)

[Stuart G]

35. Once a long time ago, in a different world for me....I did give everyone an A

It was an odd class. Freshmen, very motivated, Honors EARLY WORLD HISTORY. First marking period in November. 1983,, The system I had set up for grading was too easy for them. I had not anticipated such a bright class...........
,,,..All 18 students in the room got an A..It didn't last. But a magic moment in a long career of giving Fs

.......................Stuart G.