This semester has been....ugh.
Grading has really gotten the best of me. I generally grade in the evenings, and, by steadily plodding through, I have generally taken a week to get exams and assignments back.
But there is this one assignment that is piled in a precarious stack on the edge of my desk.
I've had this assignment on my desk for five weeks. Five. Weeks.
Partly this is because this particular assignment is extremely tedious to grade. (And I *have* returned graded work in the meantime.)
My students seem okay with this. I think in part this is because are fairly understanding of the sheer amount of grading I have brought upon myself.
I have also heard that some other faculty only return an assignment after 8 weeks or not at all.
Jeez. At least I'm not that bad. [Yet.]
I *have* to get this assignment back to my students this week, at least for my own peace of mind. What is the longest you have taken to get graded work back to students? What is an acceptable return range?
