#not for pedagogical reasons but because i simply cannot keep reading this shit | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

artigas · 9 months ago

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i love my job. i am very lucky to be doing my job. it is a privilege to be pursuing your dream career. but last night i spent four hours grading essays where my students argued that edgar allan poe's attraction to the fictional character annabel lee is proof that he was a child predator. i cannot explain to you the psychic damage and profound concern i suffer when i am forced to grade.

#all of a sudden those fluff pieces about abolishing grades in academia make a lot more sense #not for pedagogical reasons but because i simply cannot keep reading this shit #america's fucked excuse for an education system will have a lot to answer for on judgement day #personal #(to be fair Poe married his 14 year old cousin but its the complete critical collapse between fiction and reality here that scares me)

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