tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post8589566103832901693..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Whose grading's the hardest?Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-20365665017362627732008-03-13T23:03:00.000-04:002008-03-13T23:03:00.000-04:00I wonder where Anonymous teaches freshman comp... ...I wonder where Anonymous teaches freshman comp... Kidding aside, yes, it's hard to teach writing, but it's even harder to simultaneously teach writing and teach whatever else it is you're officially there to teach.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-70769032163216172972008-03-13T20:03:00.000-04:002008-03-13T20:03:00.000-04:00I wager many teachers in the sciences would actual...I wager many teachers in the sciences would actually agree with this claim. Teaching effective writing is just plain difficult. Furthermore, the inability of otherwise brilliant students to express themselves is considered a major problem in science education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-9362760757752674582008-03-13T17:59:00.000-04:002008-03-13T17:59:00.000-04:00Composition, French, and Lab all involve basic ski...Composition, French, and Lab all involve basic skills. Can't we harmoniously compromise and say that all basic skills are rather difficult to teach to eighteen-year-olds?Withywindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465319711207992232noreply@blogger.com