16 hours…. grading finals took 16 hours solid without breaks. As i imagined, some of it was utterly inspiring. One student created a question that showed how new media could be used to deconstruct new media (and its professors and GSIs). It totally took us to task and we loved it. Others showed new ways of combining work in this field that i had never considered. Of course, there were a few problems that broke my heart.<\/p>\n
One thing that surprised me was how much pass\/fail affects both group dynamics and students’ attitudes. I took most of my classes pass\/fail at Brown since i actively despise grades. Yet, it never affected my participation in a classroom. I never expected that i would simply pass by existing. I could never imagine screwing over a group of other students. Of course, i suspect that i got mostly As in P\/F classes. I still worked my ass off. Much to my chagrin, i don’t think that attitude is shared. My co-teacher (who only had P\/F at his undergrad) and i were stunned at our anti-P\/F attitude following this process. Both of us valued it immensely but it really wrecked a few things in our class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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