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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter said that most English teachers will grade on how well they like the kid, after reading this she might be right.  [/quote]

No. Sigh. This isn’t true.

Why would I grade in a manner that is going to put MORE work on my plate?

I use a rubric to clearly outline my expectations and I leave plenty of comments to illustrate why the student received the grade. This already takes most of my nights and weekends. Grading in a manner that’s going to bring complaints would take even more time.

And I’m actually rather offended by your daughter’s comment. I’m an adult and a professional. I don’t play silly games. [/quote]

I’m not sure why you’re so upset. I’m a 50-year-old, born and raised in NYC, and I went to a school equivalent to TJ. It’s absolutely true that English teachers tend to grade based on who they like rather than purely on merit. In other words, even if a student isn’t the top performer, if the teacher likes them, they’ll still get the same kind of treatment as the star pupils. This has been a fact for over three decades.

That said, teachers typically wouldn’t downgrade the work of a top student either—as long as that student wasn’t a disruptive presence in class.[/quote]

This is the most eye-rolling, ridiculous response. You are so set in your opinions that there’s no way to communicate with you.

Your “school the equivalent of TJ” clearly didn’t teach you the definition of “fact”… or you were too busy entertaining your perceived notions about others to actually listen to your teachers. [/quote]

It's actually not a ridiculous response.  Here's a fact:  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher%27s%20pet.  That wouldn't exist if the concept weren't true.  Teachers of all ages and modalities do it ... in elementary, middle, high, undergrad and grad.  If you don't think that is true, then you need to dig a little deeper than just saying teachers cannot develop a liking for a particular student, which creates a bias in their grading (the reverse is also true).  Teachers aren't robots.  Human tendencies allow you to develop these pathways to connect with students (and students develop this pathway towards a teacher ... as noted in the millions of kids who write about the teacher that has influenced them the most ...).  I'm guessing you haven't really understood anything from any bias training you've received. And, I also think you're an idiot for even saying what you said.  Try and think critically before responding to something without understanding it on a deeper level.  [/quote]

This is more of the same garbage. You lost my interest when you used a dictionary definition as a fact. I did manage to read past that fallacy, though, and found your use of personal attacks. This is one of the most unconvincing arguments I’ve seen on this site, and that’s quite a statement.

You have not backed up your argument that English teachers grade via favoritism. Not at all. Not remotely. 
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https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/ZHFHASC6MPGWZNCGTPHV/full[/quote]

That’s not as helpful as you think, PP.

From study 1:
“When all of the controls were included, there was a small but statistically significant tendency for teachers to have lower implicit bias and explicit bias than nonteachers.”

From study 2:
“Although both teachers and nonteachers held both implicit and explicit racial bias in Study 1, teachers had statistically lower implicit and explicit bias than nonteachers”

And from the conclusion: 
“In conclusion, we have found that teachers’ bias levels are quite similar to those of the larger population.”

And since your argument is about favoritism and not race, the posted study actually seems rather tangential. You are trying to prove that most teachers grade based on how well they like a student…

But I doubt you read the study you posted. [/quote]

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