Re: Liking it: grades/authority/community, etc.

["Dr. Deborah Martinson" <dmartin@oxy.edu>]

Jon,
	I thilnk it is useful and important for a student to be 
appropriate to the task.  If it is clear, thoughtful--I will like it.  If 
it is overly general, makes me yawn, shows me lack of interest on the 
writers'part, I will hate it--and tell them so!  I am more tender with 
tutees.  I would tell them it is too bland, that they must really attend 
to articulation and analysis--then show them.
	I feel funny sometimes hating a student's content.  Usually it is 
some horrible romantic idealistic idea that I feel I have little right to 
disabuse them of (do I say...happy marriage ever after?  What a crock. or 
do I say, ...love lasts forever...honey where have you been?) I say:  
let's think about his further, and maybe tie it to a text or example.  
Will I ever like it.  No. It may be a better paper.
Deb


On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Jon Olson wrote:

> As a teacher and/or tutor, do you think it's useful? important?
> necessary? for you to *like* the writing that students or tutees give
> you for your response or evaluation?  --Jon, olsonj@cla.orst.edu,
> Oregon State University
> 
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