November 16, 2006

just in case you're wondering...

Posted by dogpossum on November 16, 2006 6:09 PM in the category teaching

I take a minute out to dash off a post in between papers. Or numbers-of-papers. I am typing my comments into my lappy here at the dining table, rather than writing them by hand as my handwriting is embarassingly poor. And I have to stop every half hour or so to think of something else for a couple of minutes or I end up just skim reading the essays, thinking 'yeah, I get the point'. And having to go back to re-read, because this isn't like reading journal articles or academic books - you're not reading to 'get the point', you're reading to see if they understand what they're writing about, and to see if they're actually capable of writing about it with any coherency.

I guess one advantage to my using the dining table to mark is that I can't just nick off for a spot of sewing - it's difficult to cut fabric when your cutting table is covered in papers.

Posted by dogpossum on November 16, 2006 6:09 PM in the category teaching