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Grading advice

Fontana Labs at Unfogged is live blogging grading.

The coincidence of fall semester finals with the imminence of Christmas has always seemed so cruel to me. Luckily I'm a research assistant ...

Other options to avoid mid-December grading include moving to the southern hemisphere where it's all over by mid-November, or moving to Harvard where finals are in January ... your choice.

In any case ... here are some things that worked for me when doing pre-Christmas grading

• Alternate grading a couple of exams with writing Christmas cards. It keeps you sane about both things. Mistaking exams for cards will make you popular with students; the converse will make you unpopular with your family and friends.
  
• Red wine is acceptable to make grading a merrier activity. Beer seems to indicate desperation ... But to each their own.
  
• Remember, they've already done their evaluations ...
  

Merry Christmas and Happy Grading.

Posted by robe0419 at December 18, 2004 4:20 PM