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Infernalism t1_j6a5nit wrote

Would be simpler to just cut back on essays/papers and just test students on the content, in class.

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Nightcat666 t1_j6ait31 wrote

Just do what we did in my AP world class and do in class essays. You would be given the prompt at the beginning of class and would turn in the essay at the end of class.

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tacoman333 t1_j6bqsms wrote

That sounds like absolute hell. How long were the essays?

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Nightcat666 t1_j6bsu4o wrote

Couple pages. 5-6 I think was average but they weren't super strick on length as long as you answered the prompt properly. It was also all hand written as well.

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tacoman333 t1_j6byi0h wrote

That's straight out of one of the school related nightmares I used to have as a kid.

Writing 5-6 pages by hand during a single class period. My god... The only time a student is supposed to be doing that is if they procrastinated until the day the essay was due.

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Coffee_nomnom t1_j6cyx5t wrote

I mean the tech exists to allow them to type. Hand writing that much would miserable for hands not accustomed to it.

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ironballs24-7 t1_j6e2arc wrote

Right there with you - AP history/English team taught class in HS. Block scheduling meant I had that course 90 minutes a day for an entire school year. At least 2x 60min essays per week, 2-4 pages hand written.

For all you kids out there just remember 5 things: Intro, social, economic, political reasons, and close it off with a nice quote in a closing paragraph.

Hated it at the time, but so glad I did it!

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FlatSpinMan t1_j6coihe wrote

If you’re going to do essays or any kind of writing, I think this is the only way to do so, if you actually want to assess how well the kids write (I’m especially thinking in an ESL context).

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jlaw54 t1_j6e6s5n wrote

Or change the way we look at learning and educating.

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