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lil  ·  3689 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 10, 2014

Hey pubski, I'm sipping a Bailey's on ice and watching the CBC news on TV w/ my houseguests. Like galen "homework" is taking a long time. I have 40 students in one of my classes. They just handed in amazing one-page essays. 40. What's time consuming is figuring out how to respond to their content with positive comments and mention some of the style issues in a way that will motivate them rather than drive them away. I send them all personal emails in response to their assignments. Sometimes my email is longer than their essays. -- I have to stop that.





OftenBen  ·  3689 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You're the kind of teacher I wish I had more of lil. Keep up the good work. :]

nowaypablo  ·  3689 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I send them all personal emails in response to their assignments. Sometimes my email is longer than their essays.

Lil, you're the illest. That's amazing. What grade do you teach, if you don't mind me asking?

galen  ·  3689 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lol, read that as "Ill, you're the lilest" at first. Still works.

lil  ·  3689 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am teaching only graduate courses right now.