I stood in the middle of the classroom this afternoon answering a stream of questions from my grade twelve students -all questions pertaining to marks:
-how did I weight this assignment?
-what assignments can be upgraded and resubmitted?
-how can they raise their average?
The question that stunned me, though I tried not to show it, was J's :
-is this mark entered in the gradebook as a portfolio assignment an assignment she should include in her portfolio?
The sheer redundancy of the question shocked me. Then I realized J is likely so stressed about marks for post-secondary opportunities she is unable to accept the obvious. She seems to believe that nothing is a given. All must be questioned. Is the education system ( and my teaching ) so Machiavellian our students cannot view results as anything but a guessing game?
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