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If I had a writing class, I wouldnt be concerned with the length of the

students papers. Instead, I would be more interested in what the student had
to say. I would never give out tests. I would ask the student what they
thought they deserved to make. Id never pessimistically criticize someones
paper. Constructive criticism would be something Id implement into the
classroom.
2. I enjoy writing. However, unless I have a topic I am interested in, my paper
may be weak. The longest paper Id ever written was ten pages. It was my
junior year of high school and they paper was about how advertising affects
our life daily. I ended up making a 94 on it. I actually enjoyed the paper
because it was something that I am interested in. Hence my major,
marketing.
3. Yes I have definitely encountered subjectivity-objectivity problems. From
year to year, its hard meeting a completely new teacher and getting used to
her grading style. Ive written papers for teachers that I thought I would
bomb, and ended up with a better grade than papers I really focused and
tried on. I agree with the gymnastics analogy completely.
5. Most definitely. I wish that we could get rid of grades; I feel that grades are
used by teachers to label kids. I feel that many adults believe that a student
who gets good grades will be more successful than someone who gets worse
grades.
7. You know writing is good when it goes above and beyond. When a paper
influences you to believe what the student is talking about. You should try
and make your assumptions in your paper and point out things that arent
obvious. You should really put just as much thought into it as research.
9. When you completely end a topic, youve given up on your imagination.
Stopping and grading a paper isnt productive. Its quite the opposite. It stops
you from thinking and processing whats going on. You should go so much
deeper with a paper but when you stop and just grade it, youve given up and
wasted more obtainable knowledge.