#9: Grading Papers is a Full-Time Job
Thirty students per class, four classes, each turning in a three-page essay? That’s 360 pages to grade over the weekend! Even worse, we all know these aren’t pages full of perfect grammar and logical writing. Nope, these are pages full of multiple comma splices, misspelled words, and run-on sentences.
Each one gets run through a grading rubric, too. Teachers don’t just sit there and read through it before slapping on a random letter. It all has to be fair and easy to explain, so they have to dissect each little bit. They probably end up reading a few of them multiple times, just trying to understand the writing.