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> If only all teachers handled essays in this way. The interesting thing to me about some of the pro- comments being made here is their bizarre stridency. Here
by justin66 3y ago
> If only all teachers handled essays in this way.
The interesting thing to me about some of the pro- comments being made here is their bizarre stridency. Here's another from downthread:
> I agreed with everything I read and wished I'd had so much consideration, both as a student and as a teacher.
I have some definite opinions about pedagogy but the thought of educators all working precisely the same way sounds like something out of The Twilight Zone or Orwell or something.
- denton-scratch 3y ago> their bizarre stridency. I didn't think I had been "strident", nor did I think the comment you quoted sounded strident. And I had the impression that the pro- commenters generally wished that their own teachers had worked like that; so I'm not sure where your impression of a kind of sinister sameness comes from.
- justin66 3y agoIt seems to me like there's some distance between wishing one had experienced a certain kind of teaching and wishing only one kind of teaching existed. > If only all teachers handled essays in this way.
- denton-scratch 3y agoPoint taken! I guess I meant I wish all essay-markers took the trouble to make constructive comments, rather than just "2/10" at the bottom. Why take care over your essay, if the marker isn't going to show any evidence of having actually read it? And if the marker doesn't read it, presumably nobody will.
- justin66 3y agoOh, I can agree with that for sure. My objection is with the particulars of how the author is handling his students' first drafts, and I guess I enumerated my objections elsewhere. I agree that it's better than not doing drafts at all.