I have to read and grade/mark* about 250 short essays by Wednesday. I've never assigned grades/marks to people before. From the few I've glanced over, it is going to be ugly.
* - In Canada you don't "take" a test, you "write" a test, and then you receive a "mark" instead of a grade.
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Is the class, including the material, what you initially thought it would be? Any surprises about teaching young minds?
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Karla
The class is basically what I expected, yes. I haven't had much teaching responsibility, but I led a couple review sessions and was surprised by how much I enjoyed doing that.
So were you overly harsh or overly easy on your markups? Is grading papers everything everyone complains about?
I certainly wasn't easy. I was grading them out of 4 by 0.5 increments and didn't give any 4s (in a class of about 250). Neither of the other 2 TAs did either (each of the 3 of us graded one essay).
I actually found the experience a positive one. I wasn't expecting much from the students, and they probably let me down a bit even compared to my low expectations, but it was good to see how well they understand things, and I enjoyed giving them a lot of useful critical feedback. Whether they appreciate it is another matter...
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