We were given our first class evaluations to do today. You fill in a few circles and write a few comments. There seemed to be an emphasis by the registrar's office representatives to get them done as quickly as possible -- does that encourage fairer feedback? -- I spent, oh, 4 minutes on mine & was one of the last people to leave the room.

I have to admit, the class was not my favorite so I was a little torn about how vigorous to be in expressing my lack of enthusiasm. The evaluation process seems designed to create an aura of critical feedback & accountability when really it's highly unstructured and not likely to lead to much more reflection than "I loved it" or "this sucked".

15 Nov 04