Don't you just hate it when people play favorites? We've all seen it in all of our classes, and teachers will almost never fess up to it, but let's face the facts - it happens. So students become torn between sucking up to their teachers for that good grade and peers relenting them. As we have all seen, there are those students so good at sucking up that the teachers never notice that is their intention; but fellow students always realize. And then others that are just so pitiful that even the teacher calls them out on it. I feel like that might be the definition of a good student, anyway, just someone who cares enough and sucks up to the teacher enough to get a good grade. It's no wonder why many students, myself included, have been labeled in certain classes at least as the "slackers".
Can I give you an example? I got the same grade on every essay this year, whether I spent 20 minutes or 5+ hours on it. I don't deny that the teachers read the essays, because obviously we had a lot of marks on them. However, don't you think that they based their grade at least PARTLY upon who you are, not what your essay was? And it's like that in every class, everywhere. It's a cycle that us as humans go through - playing favorites over and over again.
Stephanie
3 comments:
i definatly have to agree with you. there are some classes that i've had in the past where i have made definate strides as a student and my teacher has told me so but, of course, i got the same grade on every paper. it is a nasty cycle and what makes it even more nasty is that we can't do anything about it.
I think personal cycles within classes are a little bit out of control. Many teachers will say that they do not hold personal biases, but lets be honest, everyone does. When a student takes the time to talk with a teacher, the teacher takes it to heart and automatically, subconsciously likes that student more. They can show this by talking back or even in grading papers. Crazy concept but true.
This post contradicts the following post -- arguing for cycles -- and, in your case it's simply untrue. I'm looking at my grade book as I say this, so I know it's untrue. You have not gotten the same grades on every paper; in fact, your grades have fluctuated fairly wildly.
Aldous Huxley writes, "Rolling in the muck is not the best way to get clean." What do you suppose he meant by this?
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