Teachers hate grading essays as much as students hate writing them. When I was in school, I remember students pointing out the hypocrisy of essay deadlines because it often took teachers so long to grade said essays. At the time, I thought it took teachers so long to grade the essays because there was only …
Seguir leyendo Teacher conspires to ‘lose’ 60 student essays because she doesn’t want to grade them: ‘I got through 3 of them before I contemplated dumping them all in the trash.’
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Assistant principal bans teachers from failing kids, insists they give students A’s or B’s instead of F’s: ‘If they know the material but don’t turn in any work, then they should have an A or B in your class.’
When I was in high school, there were extremely generous late-work policies. You had three days to turn in late work, and if you didn’t turn it in after those days were up, you’d get a big fat zero. They would threaten zeros, but I knew nary a kid who actually got a zero if …
Seguir leyendo Assistant principal bans teachers from failing kids, insists they give students A’s or B’s instead of F’s: ‘If they know the material but don’t turn in any work, then they should have an A or B in your class.’