I have lots of essays to read, recorded debates and roleplays to listen to, etc. I'm sure that some of you are expereincing the same thing. I've heard lots of different ways to handle the grading. Some teachers work in their office, some go to a coffee shop, some go to a bar, etc.
I just bring everything home and grade it there, taking breaks to play with the dogs or talk to my wife.
The other thing I wanted to talk about is how some students, particularly seniors, assume they will graduate and pass all their classes. I just got an email from a student who I've seen in about 25% of the classes. She got a job before she graduated and the job had to come first. Anyway, she emailed her final essay because she had to work and couldn't come to school.
This kind of stuff happens in Korea (not often, but it's not that rare either) but never in America (where you don't start working full-time until you've completed your coursework) and it's hard for me to get used to it.
Posted by James Trotta at June 19, 2007 8:16 AMYou surprise me- they start graduate jobs before they graduate?? I always thought Chinese and Korean parents put education above all else and wouldn't even let their kids get part time jobs.
Here is Japan, the universities reduce the number of classes in the last year down to virtually zero as they know the students spend the whole of the last 12 months going to career fairs, job interviews etc. None of this matters anyway, because it is what university you got into that will get you a good job, not what you learnt while you were there.
Would love to hear your contrasts between my Japan stories and your experience in Korea- so similar and yet so different
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