I finished marking my first set of actual assignments last night....or this morning at around 3. I'm calling it "actual assignments" because the fist set of memos wasn't marked, just reviewed so that I have a baseline to measure the students' improvement over the term.
I think this baseline is going to extend into this assignment I just finished marking because there were some doozies.
Some kids completely missed the point and gave me 2 pages of fluff, others tried to bullshit their way through and others used the "spray and pray" method where they floated around the point but never really made a solid argument.
I have a feeling that I may turn into "that prof" who's cool in the classroom but marks like a son-of-a-bitch. I have no problem being a tough marker. I mean, I'm not going to give marks where they're not deserved and my expectations are quite high.
After last night's experience, I don't think I'm going to enjoy marking the midterm. Dang.
On the plus side, it was beautiful out today. Chaos and I went for a good long walk, the first walk since we've been home from Christmas holidays. She's pretty exhausted right now. It's a good thing.
I gave into my addiction on Friday. I went to the bookstore and came home with a book. It's called "Star Wars and Philosophy". I know, lame title. I read the first few pages and it actually looks pretty good. I also picked up some Moleskine journals for 1/2 price. I was pretty stoked about that.
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