Catherine Anderson
@candershamilton.bsky.social
learning, teaching, languaging, queering, parenting, unsettling
Everyone knows everyone in the Hammer 💛
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Everyone knows everyone in the Hammer 💛
Calling in from the Land of Decidedly Middle Aged to report that I enjoy looking at birds just as much without writing them down. Maybe even more so?!?!
January 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Calling in from the Land of Decidedly Middle Aged to report that I enjoy looking at birds just as much without writing them down. Maybe even more so?!?!
And put these two in your backpack to read a bit over the weekend 4 and 6 times respectively
December 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
And put these two in your backpack to read a bit over the weekend 4 and 6 times respectively
Both come in liquid form :
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Both come in liquid form :
Just realized there’s a step before 14 that I missed: scan for 48s and 49s and bump them up to D-
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just realized there’s a step before 14 that I missed: scan for 48s and 49s and bump them up to D-
Yes, we have one week from the day of the exam to get grades submitted. It's Day 6 and I'm on step 12 of the process and I'm not leaving here today until I've clicked that "upload" button!
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yes, we have one week from the day of the exam to get grades submitted. It's Day 6 and I'm on step 12 of the process and I'm not leaving here today until I've clicked that "upload" button!
14. Hold our breath, click Upload, and immediately turn on the autoreply so we won't see the email complaints until January. Pour ourselves a glass of something.
December 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
14. Hold our breath, click Upload, and immediately turn on the autoreply so we won't see the email complaints until January. Pour ourselves a glass of something.
13. Are we done? Check the distribution and see whether it makes sense for an intro class. For a class of this size at this level, I usually expect about 30% each of As, Bs and Cs, and 10% Ds or Fs.
December 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
13. Are we done? Check the distribution and see whether it makes sense for an intro class. For a class of this size at this level, I usually expect about 30% each of As, Bs and Cs, and 10% Ds or Fs.
12. Reweigh the totals for the students that had the project excused. Reweigh the totals for the different students that had an excused absence for the midterm.
December 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
12. Reweigh the totals for the students that had the project excused. Reweigh the totals for the different students that had an excused absence for the midterm.
11. Now we are ready to calculate total grades. Work some more spreadsheet magic. But more complications await us!
December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
11. Now we are ready to calculate total grades. Work some more spreadsheet magic. But more complications await us!
10. Pick up that one remaining special exam and hand-grade both its components.
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
10. Pick up that one remaining special exam and hand-grade both its components.
9. Realize some MC scores are still missing. Walk over to the scanning place and pick up the cards. Hand-grade the ones that entered their student number incorrectly.
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
9. Realize some MC scores are still missing. Walk over to the scanning place and pick up the cards. Hand-grade the ones that entered their student number incorrectly.
8. Hand-grade the accommodated MC cards that did not make it to the scanner.
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
8. Hand-grade the accommodated MC cards that did not make it to the scanner.
7. Compare scores for written and MC components. Discover that some students are missing one component and some the other.
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
7. Compare scores for written and MC components. Discover that some students are missing one component and some the other.
6. Download scantron results and work spreadsheet magic to calculate scores for multiple-choice questions.
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
6. Download scantron results and work spreadsheet magic to calculate scores for multiple-choice questions.
5. Pick up "specials" (i.e. exams written with accommodations) from the exam depot. Mark them and enter scores into spreadsheet.
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
5. Pick up "specials" (i.e. exams written with accommodations) from the exam depot. Mark them and enter scores into spreadsheet.
Enter scores from paper exams into spreadsheet. Discover that some TAs are not good at alphabetizing, and that some undergraduates don't know the difference between a given name and a surname.
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Enter scores from paper exams into spreadsheet. Discover that some TAs are not good at alphabetizing, and that some undergraduates don't know the difference between a given name and a surname.