Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was also a teacher who had to grade essays.
On the night my essays were due, and a few successive ones, I made that grading my priority. I took steps to lighten my load of completion grading so my time could be spent on the important stuff. I assigned shorter pieces (not term papers) so that the grading was manageable.
If you folks think grading written work isn't important, you are mistaken. People learn to write by writing and rewriting. Teachers need to be part of that.
At least when I got my MAT, we were taught the importance of high quality assessment and feedback to learning.
Yes, it is drudgery. But that is part of what you are paid to do.
Congrats, you’re arguing a point nobody was making. We didn’t say it isn’t something we have to do or that we don’t do it. Just that for some subjects it cannot be done quickly and done well or that other things aren’t more important. But go on with your ~MAT
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