Although even at the end of this semester, like several others in my career at the community college, my grades are in, but…. I had one student who had a baby about three weeks ago, and although she had hoped to complete all of the requirements, she was unable to get the large curriculum project […]
Entries Tagged as 'grades'
9 and grades are in…
May 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time, Work
Tags: celebrations·college·grades·learning·retirement·teaching·time·Work
15, 14, 13 and grading.
May 19th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Teaching & Learning, time, Work
Grading. Need I say more? To some, yes. So I guess I will. If we had authentic situations in place to allow students to demonstrate their knowledge in other ways than on a piece of paper, grading would be a whole different game. And, that is what it is. A game. At worst. At best, […]
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16 and disarray
May 17th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, retirement, time, Work
I was really struck yesterday by the sheer disarray of my house! And then I realized that it’s pretty normal for end of semester crazies – and that this is the last end of semester crazies! End of semester celebrations, finals, huge final projects to grade, many pieces of paper to sort, file and hand […]
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