Colleges and universities working on a semester calaendar are just finishing up classes now, which means that most academics (unlike those of us in Trimester Land, who have been out of session for a few weeks) are currently buried in grading. This leads to some fun blog posts:
- Grading as a text adventure (via Making Light)
- A step-by-step guide to exam grading (via The Litle Professor).
- The best exam doodle ever.
Good luck to those still fighting their way through paper grading. If you need me, I'll be reading application folders for the job search...
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" ...I am going to warn you one last chance I am going to ask I want a better than a B-," the e-mail read. "If I see this [grade] I swear to god I am going to fucking put you in a wheelchair when I see you..."
Grades are all over the place, but what are they? Well, I guess there are a few questions. What is a grade? What is the grade supposed to be? Why do we give grades?
This came in the mail.
Oh joy, it's time to grade more papers!
Why did the professor have a car accident?
Because she was Grading On the Curve.