Unexpected Tamaki Intrusions and Other Nonsense

[sciathan_file]

I'll most likely be back in action in about 2 weeks. In the last two weeks I have graded 180 essays (68 of those being 5-10 page research papers wherein I had to anally go over their MLA formatting -_-). Also, I comment compulsively on my students' papers so they know exactly why they got the grade they got. And I have 180 essays to go and

Comments

[aeternitasbeach]

you sound like you would be an awesome teacher to have. most of mine just said. "here. have a grade. if you have any opinions, you can try talking to us but we probably won't care or do anything about it."

also, yay for random tamaki moments ♥ you know he would have a field day with it

[sciathan_file]

I work very, very hard for my students and expect them to work very, very hard for me. I think this is the kind of contract that should exist between teachers and students, although as it extends to essay and writing feedback I know of about...2 other teachers that go that distance. One of them was my master teacher, who is one of the hardest working people I have ever met.

But honestly, I think feedback--and detailed feedback, in particular-- is really critical to the writing process. It's not just about doing it or just about the grade--its about the work that went into the grade. And if you need better paragraph development, or more argumentative topic sentences, or quotes that do something in literary analysis, sometimes high school students don't know that unless they are told and shown directly. I am also really mean in that, for major multi-draft assignments, I make them do error corrections so they have to go back and really look at their essays in terms of their structure and content and evaluate what they did

[agentduckiechan]

1. I'm glad you take a lot of time & energy to truly educate your students. Not many teachers would explain the grade anymore, due to apathy and/or lack of time.

2. HUMINGYAY HEMINGWAY AND EXISTENTIALISM. ♥ I love it. Are you teaching The Sun Also Rises? I think it would be great reading if it's not already there.

3. LOL at random Tamaki moments.

[sciathan_file]

1. Teachers are freaking busy people. And we don't get paid for being that busy, really. Especially if you are a sub. But my writing developed because a teacher took the time to comment on what the good, bad, and ugly of it, and I think this should be the case all the time (I always comment, but the volume of my comments depends on how much I am going to die of grading overload and how important the assignment is). Don't tell my honors students, but the first assignment I always give them I ream them on to set them in line... :) I am an evil teacher.

2. The Sun Also Rises is a junior English Honors novel...I've never taught it. :) Except for one day while I was subbing (the conversation went something like this. Student: "This book is about nothing!" Me: "Yes, and isn't that interesting? It looks like nothing, but there is definitely something there. Now, why would the author do that?" Student: *in shock due to subs knowing what they are talking about!*). We do Old Man and the Sea and the short story "The Short

[meritjubet]

Oh formatting. I still loathe you. The problem is that some people prefer Harvard, others Oxford, or another style altogether. I feel for your pain however :( best wishes marking the rest of the assignments!

Oh Tamaki <3

[sciathan_file]

Yeah. I used to be a research assistant on an MLA journal, so I know that one really well. Except they've had a version change since I worked there. Boo. Other than that I only know America Psychological Association (APA) and then I stick to the given style guide.

Oxford has its own formatting? Learn something every day...

Tamaki, how I love him...