Hazards of paper grading.

One is that my hands are tired from writing all those comments, which means I don't feel like typing.

Another is described in this brief video.

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I loved TurnItIn when I TA'd. Since many of the mistakes were similar, (misidentification, etc.) I just pasted the same comment over and over. Plus I could do the grading without lugging papers through the airport, on the VTA, and so forth.

By Onkel Bob (not verified) on 03 Dec 2009 #permalink

You just can't see the theories because, despite being a philosopher, you're stuck in your cave. If you were to look at the wall of the cave, you might see the shadows of the theories on it...