I'm in a negative mood this week. I considered cutting my afternoon class so I could leave school at noon (I didn't). I suspect it's the quickly-shortening daylight hours messing with my brain.
One substantive point of law school that bothers me is how many assignments are ungraded --- namely all of them, except the final exam. Forget about whether it makes sense to weight a final exam that much. I just find it hard to get excited about revising a paper that has no bearing whatsoever on my grade. If I spend time on it and do a great job, it has the same effect as if I'd just blown it off until the last minute.
29 Sep 04
I agree. What's their rationale?
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Maybe tradition. Maybe compliance with ABA requirements. I'll attempt to find out.
Posted by: MB at September 30, 2004 07:04 AMOn reflection, the answer is simpler. You're a professor. Why make more work for yourself?
Also, because of the need for things to be graded on the curve, any graded assignment calls for a special level of planning & care in grading. They can't just throw out a bunch of As and Bs and call it a day.
Posted by: MB at October 7, 2004 07:53 PM