7/7/2010 1:48:43 PM

this thread has been done, alot.

7/7/2010 1:50:30 PM

when i used to grade papers for my English teacher in high school, i would scribble out "alot" to the point of the pen going through the paper

7/7/2010 1:51:11 PM

You graded papers in high school?

7/7/2010 2:03:04 PM

We had TAs in high school that helped grade papers.

7/7/2010 2:04:28 PM

^^ sure. i thought it was pretty common to let your exceptional students help grade papers and tests

7/7/2010 2:06:35 PM

I have never heard of that in high school. It would make sense to me for something like a math test, but not really papers. Those are so subjective and I wouldn't think a high school peer would grade the same as a teacher.

[Edited on July 7, 2010 at 2:09 PM. Reason : but I went to a private school where that would have involved A LOT of bitching from other students]

7/7/2010 2:09:06 PM

When I was a junior or senior some of us got recruited to help out the, uh, "writing challenged" freshmen/sophomore class by critiquing their papers once. It was

[Edited on July 7, 2010 at 2:11 PM. Reason : lkj]

7/7/2010 2:11:17 PM

We did peer edits all the time, but they had no measurable effect on our grades.

7/7/2010 2:12:05 PM