Tags: essays, marking, Lent, Christian Aid, Count Your Blessings, Christianity, teaching
Date: 20 March 2007 20:17:19
... are great! I've marked 29 essays so far (I think) and the standard is so much better than any of the other batches I've had to mark before. I've given out more As than any other grade, and only failed one person so far. I think either they've really taken on board the comments from the last lot of essays and really improved, or I'm getting soft in my old age. But I really do think the essays are better than usual, I'm so pleased!
The other thing I'm pleased about is that the mistakes that loads of people made last time that tried my patience (led/lead and were/where confusion) have hardly appeared at all (only one led/lead so far and no were/where at all). There has been a refreshing decrease in random apostrophe appearances (Praise The Lord), and so far the only thing I've noticed across several essays is a tendency to write "nevertheless" as 3 separate words. Most odd.
Am giving myself the day off tomorrow for some excitement :) In the meantime, here are a couple of days' worth of Count Your Blessings copied from below to keep you going:
Tuesday 20th March 2007
El Salvador is still recovering from the effects of the 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. The war left 75,000 people dead and 8,000 missing.
Give 5p for every email, text message or letter you've received today from someone you care about.
Wednesday 21st March 2007
Thousands of homeless people will sleep outdoors tonight.
Give 10p for every bed in your home.
What's this in aid of? Count Your Blessings is a daily Lent plan to help raise funds for the work of Christian Aid.