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fortysixyou
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: How Many Essays Are You Grading per Week? |
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Just curious.
I'm at around 240.
Feels like a lot. I spend all my non-teaching time grading. But I am a TOEFL writing teacher.
Still, I'm pretty sure the amount of essays a teacher grades per week should NEVER exceed their weight in pounds.
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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sounds awful size-ist to me. eat more, you'll be better suited for your work.
but seriously, how many minutes do you spend on each one? |
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fortysixyou
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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More time than I should, apparently.
Maybe 2-3 minutes? Check the grammar, spelling, punctuation, structure.
Then examine how well the message comes across, the composition.
Then give it a grade and leave some comments. |
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maddog
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: How Many Essays Are You Grading per Week? |
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| fortysixyou wrote: |
Just curious.
I'm at around 240.
Feels like a lot. I spend all my non-teaching time grading. But I am a TOEFL writing teacher.
Still, I'm pretty sure the amount of essays a teacher grades per week should NEVER exceed their weight in pounds.
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I'd grab an Armalite AR15 and roam the building pumping round-after-round in colleagues and co-workers if had that workload.
I currently have to grade obout 50 pararaphs (various levels, mostly beginner thoough) and 12 essays a week.
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Paul_Zerzan
Joined: 26 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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They paying you well for this?
Any room for freelancers? |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| This month, 80. Usually, 50 every two weeks. 3-6 pages each, typically. |
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fortysixyou
Joined: 08 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Paul_Zerzan wrote: |
They paying you well for this?
Any room for freelancers? |
I guess they're playing me well for this? They pay me the same that I would be making if I were playing Solitaire during this time.
So, yeah there's room for freelancers. As long as they want to grade essays for free.  |
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Paul_Zerzan
Joined: 26 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Wow.
That really sucks. My condolences. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: How Many Essays Are You Grading per Week? |
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| maddog wrote: |
I'd grab an Armalite AR15 and roam the building...
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Green furniture? They have a nice classic AR 10B out now in brown furniture...but it comes in .308 instead of .223 - 1600 bucks tho...
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maddog
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject: Re: How Many Essays Are You Grading per Week? |
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| SuperFly wrote: |
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I'd grab an Armalite AR15 and roam the building...
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Green furniture? They have a nice classic AR 10B out now in brown furniture...but it comes in .308 instead of .223 - 1600 bucks tho...
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Well, I guess the .308 has more stopping power. One Shot - One Kill |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| 45 a week in the coming semester. My choice, though. I think students should receive frequent feedback. |
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rationality
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
Location: Some where in S. Korea
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Hanson
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| fortysixyou wrote: |
More time than I should, apparently.
Maybe 2-3 minutes? Check the grammar, spelling, punctuation, structure.
Then examine how well the message comes across, the composition.
Then give it a grade and leave some comments. |
All that in 2-3 minutes? It takes me 10 minutes for a simple 12-sentence paragraph! How the hell do you do essays in 2-3 minutes? |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: |
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2-3 minutes sounds like a target. I'm at more like 5, what with writing comments and all.
Working for one of those agencies that grades state writing exams teaches you to mark essays FAST! |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| I spend 10-15 minutes on a 2-page essay. I'd like to go faster, but I feel much more comfortable if I read it a couple times before I begin correcting it and making comments. |
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