I take pride in my students’ hard work, perseverance, and excellence.
Like me, they make mistakes. In my grading rubric, I specifically state: “Papers
are graded using these criteria: (a) comprehension, (b) accuracy, (c) support
for conclusions in footnotes, (d) length
(including word count), (e) grammar, and (f) spelling.” I have come to the conclusion
that spellcheckers, which were incorporated in 1980s programs such as
WordStar and WordPerfect, might be alien concepts to students who were born in
the 1990s. So, we will work to improve on this going forward.
It’s interesting how technology that was meant to be quick
and easy is, over time, ignored. That would include cursive, a dying craft taught lovingly by my wife, Janet (Third Grade Teacher).
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