Professors that take forever to grade your papers.

futurenyustudent
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:47:01 +0000

The grade is yours to earn. Why should the professor care beyond the minimum professional level? As long as the papers are graded by the end of term, it sounds fine to me.



Because their jobs depend on how many students take their classes. They’ll soon get a reputation for not caring, and nobody will take their class, and outside of them bringing in twice the university’s endowment in grant money (they don’t), they’ll be fired.

I stand by my first opinion. If you can’t realistically grade it and turn it within 2 weeks, don’t assign it. Their PRIMARY job is teaching. Part of that job comes with preparing lessons, grading, and making assignments. That’s what they’re getting paid to do. If they wanted to just do research, work for a think tank. Oh yeah, I forgot, think tanks actually fire you for doing a bad job. :rolleyes:

Professors have a duty of care to the students that are paying their salaries. Part of that duty entails doing a competent job teaching, which includes keeping students interested and turning around assignments on time. I think they need to be penalized in some way for turning around assignments unreasonably late. If you can’t grade it within a reasonable timeframe, don’t assign it and stop wasting our time. I’m serious. Our time is just as valuable as yours.