Grading

I've been thinking several times today that I should write a blog post. Then I realize that I have absolutely nothing to write about at the moment. My life is dull! I don't mind it though, I'm happy being boring Ana for a while!

Today I finished my paper and met the deadline with two hours to spare! Yayyyy! After that I went to the gym and then did some actual work-work. This new job I've got, grading papers and other student work online, is actually really fun! But it is challenging too. The syllabuses (or syllabi, I just googled to make sure but both are accepted, lol yes I'm a grammar nerd) are so hard to interpret! Here's an example of the requirements of each grade:

E- the wrtten text should be relatively varied, clear and relatively structured.
C- the written text should be varied, clear, and structured.
A- the written text should be varied, nuanced, clear and structured.

This is just a part of the syllabus for English 6, I won't bore you with the whole thing. Can you see my point though? The difference between an E and a C is the that the word relatively dissapears, the difference between a C and an A is that the word nuanced is added. Then there are also the grades D and B in the middle. To get a D the student has to meet the requirements of an E and most of the requirements of a C. To get a B the student has to meet the requirements of a C and most of the requirements of an A.
So, for a new teacher, this is hard! There is so much room for interpretation in the syllabus, I guess that's why all teachers grade differently. I do feel like I'm starting to get the hang of it though, the more papers/student work I grade the easier it will get! Can't wait to be awesome at this!