Thursday, January 26, 2012
Grading...SIGH
So…I just finished filling out Second Quarter Report Cards—always
a joy in a teacher’s life. If only we
could send home the type of report that shows what we are really thinking. I say let’s forgo these archaic letter grades
and turn instead, to an entirely new platform.
How about a video diary of what their child does during the hours of
eight and three? I would have footage of
kids picking their noses and wiping it on various surfaces throughout the room…or
even worse…eating it. I would have kids
staring glassy-eyed off into space, trapped inside their own unmedicated
thoughts. Engaged? Sometimes…Or perhaps instead of videos, a
simple note like, “John is doing swimmingly!”
(Because I DO believe that there should be more times in our lives where
the word “swimmingly” makes an appearance.)
Either way, I feel that these paper accounts of placing a letter to a
child’s achievement and effort will have to expire in the upcoming years…hopefully
before my horrific sense of humor forces me to send home a “Susie just doesn’t
have a clue…really…none” note!
Labels:
grading,
Report Cards
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