Posted by alexandra_k on August 22, 2013, at 21:29:07
In reply to Re: It is happening again..., posted by alexandra_k on July 28, 2013, at 18:40:43
1) It is not a silo - it is an ivory tower :-)
2) I had forgotten how hard it was to grade the work of people who don't speak English. Because you don't want to penalize them for it. But then, you don't want to reward them for it, neither. I suspect some of them purposely make their answer sound inkblot-ish. It is the modern day equivalent of writing messily so the examiner can't interpret the answer. I mean 'is the argument valid'. Argument validly sometimes demonstrates aspects thereof no. Aargh.
3) You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone. I'm actually (almost) enjoying this grading. Because it is grading work that I've got. Even though... Things have come full circle. This was the kind of grading work that I did as an honors student... 10 years ago.
4) The most depressing thing of all is how others are (or would be) impressed if I told them I had this work.
5) The problem is that I've been socialized to being a professor. But all bets are off until I've finished my thesis.
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