Now that the semester is over and I’ve recovered from
marking, I’m trying to catch up with life.
Canon Musiime went to India again for more cancer treatment, and I
marked one of his exams in addition to my two.
marking, I’m trying to catch up with life.
Canon Musiime went to India again for more cancer treatment, and I
marked one of his exams in addition to my two.
Before the exams, one of my students beseeched me to “be as
human while marking as I had been during the semester.” I suppose that it was his way of saying that
I had been kind during the semester (which I find comical, given the number of
assignments I asked to be redone), and he wanted me to be kind while marking.
human while marking as I had been during the semester.” I suppose that it was his way of saying that
I had been kind during the semester (which I find comical, given the number of
assignments I asked to be redone), and he wanted me to be kind while marking.
It must have worked; no retakes (failures) from me! As I always tell my students, marks are
earned, not given, and it was gratifying to see what they had picked up. Of course, there were a few who flirted with
earning a retake, and a couple who made me wonder whether they attended the
same lectures I did, but such is the nature of the Bell Curve.
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