The biggest event of the day centered on the exam for the class I TA. It was probably the only time we have actually had every single person there. And what I found striking, is the lack of honor code. Having taken classes at two universities that have some of the oldest honor codes in the country, the lack of it seems strange.
The exam took less than 50 minutes. Having seen the exam, I thought it was super easy, all objective questions that you could find in both the text and notes. Grading it took nearly 3 hours.
Divying the exams up by discussion groups, I burned through my section. However, I am a meanie. The other 2 people were much nicer, agonizing over answers. While it was frustrating that the students didn't do better, I felt that they had all the resources and information to do well. And since there wasn't any question(s) that students uniformly missed, I didn't feel it was an issue of not teaching the info well. Instead of taking it personally, I just tried to find the humor in the situation. Arisophicles from 2 students nearly made me lose it.
When all was said and done, the spread of grades was about right. It was freakishly well-spread among the groups.
On to creating a visual display for Macbett, and more reading. Ah semiotics.
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Happy Marissa= Busy Marissa
Glad you are diving into the challenge. How's it feel to be back in college mode? I cant imagine...hence why Ive never gone back for further education.
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