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	<title>Comments on: End of Semester Carnival</title>
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		<title>By: Professor R</title>
		<link>http://www.starstryder.com/2008/05/08/end-of-semester-carnival/comment-page-1/#comment-24432</link>
		<dc:creator>Professor R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 14:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Pamela, you lucky thing...I&#039;m still correcting an uncountable number of assignments, before tackling the written exam scripts next week.

Re script corrections, I think I read that you correct your scripts in parallel (one question at a time). I really admire this, but I&#039;ve never been able to wean myself off correcting the full script, student by student, for two reasons 

(i) I&#039;m terrified of making a mistake, i.e. omitting a whole question when totting up a student&#039;s full marks (someone did this to me in my final highschool exams). I feel I&#039;m less likely to make this mistake if I do a whole script at a time, because I quickly get a feel if the student is heading for a good mark...

(ii)I also find it easier to concentrate, as the student&#039;s fate becomes clear as I go through the script

All very unprofessional I know, but I just find it much easier to get through a pile of scripts student by student! 
Regards, Cormac</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Pamela, you lucky thing&#8230;I&#8217;m still correcting an uncountable number of assignments, before tackling the written exam scripts next week.</p>
<p>Re script corrections, I think I read that you correct your scripts in parallel (one question at a time). I really admire this, but I&#8217;ve never been able to wean myself off correcting the full script, student by student, for two reasons </p>
<p>(i) I&#8217;m terrified of making a mistake, i.e. omitting a whole question when totting up a student&#8217;s full marks (someone did this to me in my final highschool exams). I feel I&#8217;m less likely to make this mistake if I do a whole script at a time, because I quickly get a feel if the student is heading for a good mark&#8230;</p>
<p>(ii)I also find it easier to concentrate, as the student&#8217;s fate becomes clear as I go through the script</p>
<p>All very unprofessional I know, but I just find it much easier to get through a pile of scripts student by student!<br />
Regards, Cormac</p>
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		<title>By: Richard B. Drumm</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard B. Drumm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>W00T! W00T!
Let life begin again!
&quot;No more rulers, no more books!
No more students dirty looks!&quot;
:lol:
Rich in Charlottesville</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>W00T! W00T!<br />
Let life begin again!<br />
&#8220;No more rulers, no more books!<br />
No more students dirty looks!&#8221;<br />
 <img src='http://www.starstryder.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Rich in Charlottesville</p>
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		<title>By: Joanna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joanna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>congratulations :D *clap*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>congratulations <img src='http://www.starstryder.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  *clap*</p>
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		<title>By: Freiddie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freiddie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congrats!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congrats!</p>
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