tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7359194622795251338..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Real Time Blogging: To Grade Or Not To GradeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76246957904336840542012-09-23T19:02:39.910-04:002012-09-23T19:02:39.910-04:00Do both. That's what I do. I read a bit (jus...Do both. That's what I do. I read a bit (just finished <i>John Dies at the End</i>), grade a bit. I try to get through two papers and then read for as long as it took me to get through those two. <br /><br />Keeps the brain clear. StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51350743949399801022012-09-23T16:10:31.189-04:002012-09-23T16:10:31.189-04:00I use that book in a non-Western world lit class. ...I use that book in a non-Western world lit class. Read the book. Then again, it's now 4:10 p.m. your time. Grade the papers and THEN read the book. :o)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53357650935222121952012-09-23T11:37:22.521-04:002012-09-23T11:37:22.521-04:00I finished all my grading, and now I'm watchin...I finished all my grading, and now I'm watching "Terror of Mechagodzilla" like a total uretard, and giggling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43114823033649194342012-09-23T11:33:27.887-04:002012-09-23T11:33:27.887-04:00I feel your pain. I've been grading all week,...I feel your pain. I've been grading all week, and I have just a few more papers to go, but it's Sunday damn it and I don't want to grade. <br /><br />I probably will, though, because guilt will get the better of me.Professor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44055819673817879522012-09-23T11:26:33.494-04:002012-09-23T11:26:33.494-04:00You sound about ready to snap. Take a break. Your ...You sound about ready to snap. Take a break. Your sanity is more important than their super-timely receipt of graded work. They will glance at the B-, shrug, and toss it in a pile without reading your feedback on either Tuesday, or Thursday, it does not really matter, as the next paper will make exactly the same mistakes. You will be doing the same thing week after week, and with a handful of Polar Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713477095763100821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29557926501443783352012-09-23T11:15:13.299-04:002012-09-23T11:15:13.299-04:00Read the book. The papers can wait a few hours. ...Read the book. The papers can wait a few hours. (It is a lovely day, isn't it?) Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16616875698790471120noreply@blogger.com