Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Grades
Bloom discussion on the disadvantageous use of grading for students I so Identify with. I spent over two years trying to get my portfolio to get a passing grade. I went through five professors six professional editors and countless peers and no matter what I did my project never received a passing grade. Grading presents a problem and can be misleading. To obtain a passing grade I had to meet the criteria of all the professors "they objectively" read my work. I receive five different interpretations of what needed to be done to correct my work for passing. I choose two sets of remarks to follow and revise this method caused me to receive yet another more failing remarks. Each professor had a different constructed meaning for my work. I finally had to take my work to the Dean of the Department, to that end I did receive a passing grade on my portfolio. Which now brings me back to why I am taking graduate English classes, I wonder can I write.
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I've thought about how teacher's evaluation of students differ. I'm baffled by the intention of teachers. How is it that a unique professor or teacher can enter a student's life and help them excel on a subject after other teachers have given them comflicting information? It makes me wonder if grading is harmful. I know that students need to learn, but rushing to give a student a grade seems to be detrimental. There are times that I don't get something or the idea until after papers are returned and the teacher explain the assignment again. This is because the teacher talks about the subject with greater clarity. Your story is very interesting! I know you can compose great ideas, so it is baffling to me about why you received low grades on your writing.
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