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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow these teachers work so much.  WHY?  Why is it necessary to work so many hours?  Something is wrong with this model.  Unfortunately women like to make things more complicated than they need to be and come up with made up work.  My guess is it’s a result of being a female-dominated industry.  [/quote]

Scenario:
I collect 150 5-page papers. I am required to leave comments. It takes me 10 minutes per paper, so that’s 25 hours of grading for that assignment alone. [b]I am required to grade two *meaningful* assignments a week.[/b]

I get 24 minutes a day that are unstructured and away from other people. That’s 24 minutes a day to grade those papers, grade other assignments, prep my lessons, respond to all emails, etc.

I am sincerely curious: how can I make this job easier? How can I cut hours?

I’m not being snarky. I genuinely would like to know so I don’t quit.

- written on my one 24-minute break today. That’s also my time for lunch and unwinding, which I am doing now before I spend the rest of the time planning.[/quote]

What does this mean?[/quote]

“Meaningful assignments” would be ones that show students’ learning in a substantial way. That may be a thorough quiz, test, or writing assignment. There’s a big push in a lot of places to move away from multiple choice, true/false, and matching. Students are writing more. That’s great, but the grading gets exponentially harder.[/quote]

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