From camori@stgeorges.bc.ca Sun Aug 6 13:18:22 2000 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA132734 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:18:21 -0700 Received: from ns.stgeorges.bc.ca (host-002.nbc.netcom.ca [216.123.150.2] (may be forged)) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id NAA26685 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:18:21 -0700 Received: by host-002.nbc.netcom.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:13:43 -0700 Message-ID: <41B869C1700CD211B97700805FCB2C2C09BE1A@host-002.nbc.netcom.ca> From: Catherine Mori Reply-To: classics@u.washington.edu To: "'classics@u.washington.edu '" Subject: RE: Student writing...anno 2000 Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:13:43 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BFFFE2.D18ACCD0" This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFFFE2.D18ACCD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" One thing that *does* jump to mind, after reading this essay, is the exhortation to have students write a three-page essay every week. This is an excellent idea. However, in BC, where I live, teachers in the public system have about 190 students! How, without the marking assistants which they used to have access to, will these teachers mark all this work? C.Mori ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFFFE2.D18ACCD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Student writing...anno 2000

One thing that *does* jump to mind, after reading = this essay, is the exhortation to have students write a three-page = essay every week.  This is an excellent idea.  However, in = BC, where I live, teachers in the public system have about 190 = students!  How, without the marking assistants which they used to = have access to, will these teachers mark all this work?

C.Mori

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