Through all these years as a student I have periodically wondered how a teacher could grade papers without comparing them to the other papers in the class. I didn't have any idea how possible this was until I read through my first set of papers (paragraphs) from the interior design class. The answers each stood as independently as the writers themselves. Attempting to compare them would be akin to comparing people's voice tones. There are standards expected - delineations in speech or grammar and answering the question, but beyond this their answers are as unique as the girls are. Their personalities,
experiences, and knowledge are revealed in what they have (or haven't) written. Even their ease in expressing themselves in writing stands as a part of who they are as people and who they are within the classroom. I realized that this inability as a student to understand how a teacher grades impartially only points to my own inability to accept that simply because a person is or is not most comfortable communicating in writing or speech that they do or do not have any less to say. It
is the fact that we each have something to say and others lives are enriched by the sharing of lives that learning to communicate effectively is essential to community. My life is richer because of the paragraphs the girls wrote - the pieces of themselves that they shared and the things they taught me.These snowflakes were captured at SnowCrystals.com.
1 comment:
Neato! That is always important to remember that every person is different, learns differently, and needs to be taught differently. Who woulda thunk it?
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