Michael Rowe

Trying to get better at getting better

Link: I wanted to be a teacher but they made me a cop

Via Dave Nicholls’ Paradoxa Substack.

Mastroianni, A. (2022, December 13). I wanted to be a teacher but they made me a cop. https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-wanted-to-be-a-teacher-but-they

“I have a second job, which is evaluation, or gatekeeping, or, most specifically, point-guarding. I’m supposed to award “points” based on what students do in my class. Students try to acquire as many points as they can, and I try to stop them from obtaining points too easily. My employers expect me to ensure that, at the end of the semester, some students have more points than other students.”


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