Even though on the calendar it shows that I have now been in school for 2 weeks (3 if you consider all of the countless meetings I had to attend before the kids showed up), it was not until today that it became official. Here I am on a Saturday afternoon as my friends are off having pool parties and going to movies I am here at my favorite coffee shop grading papers.
As if I needed more proof in how this is a true vocation for me, I really do enjoy grading papers. Yes it is a lot of work but for me it is tangible reflection on how well I taught the information. If they did well, I feel satisfied by the results and if I find that they struggled, then as I am grading I am thinking of ways to go back and reteach the information. Regardless of how good you feel about your teaching skills, what it really comes down to is the results you achieve.
[But I will admit that a nice cold "adult beverage" would taste pretty good right now]
5 comments:
And is STILL the most wonderful time of the year:) (As the parent of two kindergartners, I think it is the most wonderful time of my LIFE!)
The weekend paper-grading started for me today. Ah, the exciting life of a teacher.
There are two parts of teaching that I genuinely do not enjoy--grading papers, and calling parents.
I just wrote a big long comment and then Blogger lost it. So in summary, I am a 6th year high school math teacher who got tired of spending 4 hours plus grading tests and so I have started doing more multiple choice tests like the state tests. Plus with the test generators you have 1000's of questions and you can mix the questions and answers.