August 14, 2007
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I can see the top of my desk.
It’s quite a thrill, let me tell you.
Oh, and I am definitely a mix between a “Minister to the Soul” and a “Good Wizard of Everything.” “Keepers of the Gate” and “Physicians to the Masses” are a little more negative about grading than I am (the former has expectations that students will never reach, and the latter feels the need to “diagnose” every student’s problem when, really, they have no clue what the disease is to begin with – what’s the point?). Oh sure, I was a “grammar nazi” not too long ago, but then realized that students really didn’t know how to use a semi-colon, etc (and, really, it was pounded into me, so that’s why I know that stuff). Many of them (many!) have been told they can’t write so they really think they can’t. But they have stories! They have great sentence structure when they aren’t thinking about the red pen comin’ at them. That’s one thing I guess I can brag about – I really don’t get down on students’ writing… and that’s also why I love to get ‘em BLOGGING.
