So, apparently I’m a popular professor. My classes are full, or nearly so. At the end of drop/add, I have 94 students total in four classes, where the maximum enrollment is 97. A couple of days ago, they were all full and I had to turn several people away who wanted special permission to get into the full classes. (Two students dropped the eight o’clock class; maybe they decided they just couldn’t get up that early.) So, while I have 23 out of 25 students at 8 am, the other teacher who teaches the other section at that time has 2 students. I revel in the fact that I am VASTLY MORE POPULAR.
Except I know why I’m more popular. I require fewer papers. The syllabi are online, so the students look at the course requirements and take the class that requires less work.
Moreover, having more students means that I have more papers to grade at the end of the semester. So far, with 94 students, each turning in a ten-page assignment, I have 940 pages of (usually mediocre) freshman writing to grade during final exam week before I can begin my summer vacation.
Ah, the price of popularity.
Except I know why I’m more popular. I require fewer papers. The syllabi are online, so the students look at the course requirements and take the class that requires less work.
Moreover, having more students means that I have more papers to grade at the end of the semester. So far, with 94 students, each turning in a ten-page assignment, I have 940 pages of (usually mediocre) freshman writing to grade during final exam week before I can begin my summer vacation.
Ah, the price of popularity.
posted by Mark at 1/26/2006 10:34:00 PM
1 Comments:
Ahh yes. Sooner or later the piper must be paid. Remember this in late April when you are red-eyed from grading those papers.
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