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> 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
by 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.