Friday, May 13, 2005

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    alfway through the first set of finals. Why are all my finals scheduled toward the end? And all bunched together. Ugh. I hate finals...

    enygma81: Do you have a deadline for when grades are due?
    O-man: Yes, 72 hours after the final is over. Of course, there are many who don't even come close to getting grades in on time. I am usually pretty good at getting grades in on time, but this semester, the sheer number of classes and finals I have to grade will make it difficult.

    inyoungpark: Isn't grading kinda fun? Cramming, on the other hand, is NOT!
    O-man: Granted, cramming is not fun. I did my share once upon a time. But is grading fun? I don't think so! Try reading 50 2-3 page papers on the same topic but from different points of views, different styles of writing and different levels of writing ability--from pretty good to horrendous. That's100-150 pages. Now double that since there are two essays on the exam. Um, 250-300 pages? I also have another class with 24 students with the same number of essays, so that's another 100 or so pages of varying quality. On top of that I have 6 senior theses to read, each about 25 pages, which now makes it another 150 pages, for a grand total of over 500 pages to read. And lets not forget my Classical Japanese class, and graduate students' directed readings. So that means I have a ton of translations to check as well. So, NO! Grading is not fun...  Grrrr....

    BarbEric_Bojo: comon you know you love it.
    O-man: Ditto!  Grrrr....

    onigiri: I admire teachers because they have the stamina to actually grade through all of those horrid papers without combusting their brain or going into a comma. I mean, how do you read all of those? Do teachers suddenly go into a zone and are able to cram in hundreds of papers? And to think that they do it year after year. As a reward, teachers should get paid more. XD
    Oman: Man, from your mouth to God's ear. I wish we got paid more. But do we? Bah! but I'm glad you are so understanding. It warms the cockles of my heart...

    Anyway, back to grading for me... *yawn*

    Oh yeah, Happy Friday the 13th! For all you superstitious ones out there: Be careful...

Comments (24)

  • aznquarter
    um, instead of good luck on finals, good luck on grading =)
  • evil_vish
    Meh. Black Friday is merely more slimming than other Fridays.
  • takunishi79
    ... just keep grading... ... ...
  • BarbEric_Bojo
    ez solutions. pass everyone! hahah or no/short finals hehe  
  • ikerton
    I almost forgot, today's when "Unleashed" comes out, It's got Jet Li and Morgan Freeman; it's gotta be good.
  • TheWaterJar
    Finals are like a lose-lose situation. Suck to take, suck to grade. >:( Peace.
  • jcangel311
    i know you miss the gifted prose that appeared in my essays
  • merrow_mistral
    Would you, a teacher with years of experience on top of years your own experience as a student, be able to, apart from papers fairlly determine a person's grade just through class participation or one oral final exam?
  • merrow_mistral
    typo on 'fairly'
  • gt_ninja
    Wow. I completely did not make that connection this year and mainly I think it is due to the fact that it isn't a big deal at all over here. However I have an amusing joke for you Sensei. If you would like to call the grim reaper call 42-42-564. (For folks who know Japanese try and figure this one out) Death's phone number brought to you buy Soul Eater!
  • PaikyPoo
    is there anyone who can truly say, "i like finals"?
  • elainer7124

    Wow, 500 pages?!  Dude, that is a lot of grading.  Gambatte ne!!

    Hmm, wow, thanks for reminding me about Friday the 13th.  I totally forgot about it.  

  • booyahman
    wow. hope you got that done last night. seeing your timestamp, i'm shocked. you definitely need a TA or two to help you out.
  • jerjonji
    .... and no time to play either... grrrr!!!!!!! are you done yet! are you done yet! AND you're doing summer school??? double grrr!!!! when are we supposed to have time to play *whines some more!
  • bulletgrrl
    i could never do it. i sometimes get lackadaisical just w/my hobby reading. wow! fire-up the coffee machine.
    Friday is a great day and 13 is a reat number
  • EnderSatomi
    geh.....that's a lot of reading.....that's like 5 times the amount of history reading i get in one week AND for a couple hundred it's nearly the same thing over and over and over =(    Too bad you can't hire a TA cause then I'd apply for the job! =D
  • kizyr
    From occasionally reading just a handful of the run-of-the-mill papers I normally see (in college or in high school), I don't understand how teachers can do it. I think I'd make a lousy professor--I'd be tempted to fail half the papers I read, even if it's just something like the writing style irritates me. Senior Theses are the exception, since most students spend all semester on one and they're on different topics.

    Do you still use red pens for corrections? I came across this article the other day: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/2688623.stm
    Apparently red ink is too negative. I think I'd get back by using crimson-coloured ink closer to the hue of blood; but, like I said, I'd make a lousy professor. KF
  • inyoungpark
    Whoa, didn't realize how much grading you've got to do there... My professors have been telling me from the start of the year to NEVER EVER EVER say "I feel" in an essay or in an exam. Why? BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU FEEL, they want to know what you KNOW. Hahahahaha, one of them got so frustrated when she was telling us, it was hilarious. With "I believe" I cringe, but it's farily acceptable, but "I feel"? That's a definite no-no!!" :P (Note: I study Politics & International Studies, so they want constructive, logical, and realistic answers drawing from theories, and not what we feel and believe in, haha).
  • SammyStorm
    There are some profs around here that don't turn in grades for months! We need a 72 hour rule too. 
  • Mister_EdZ
    Hello Sensei... Doomo arigato gozaimashita for the kind comments on my site... sounds like you got a great thing going in the mainstream... you could always get back into the arts... never too late... I think you know that already though; go for it Sensei... Peace
  • hapa924

    yeah racoons can be dangerous... but this one has been coming round almost two years and has had time to warm up to us, so he feels alittle more comfortable around me and knows i'll never hurt it...

  • LaMangust

    hahaha yes grading sucks.  i can't stand to grade five pages of fill-in-the-blanks italian verb homework.  i assigned my students (or, more accurately, "requested of my clients") a letter once, basically copying one we had read in the book... NEVER AGAIN!!  everyone interprets those things differently... and most don't bother to pay close attention to the instructions.  so i have a tiny bit of insight into and an enormous amount of respect for the work you do.    don't let it get to you, sensei.

    enjoying my salmon onigiri and daikon slices... not much longer to enjoy such things (at least for so little money)!
  • No1watching

    hahaa... make your test easier.. so grading is easy.  hahaha..
  • No1watching
    then again, what is the point in going to class if it was such a breeze?  hahaha

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