It's a fine line...

It's weird being on the other side of the teacher/student relationship. One of the things that really stands out is how fine a line there is between sucking up and just being friendly. Like, I don't know that any of my students are really trying to suck up to me, but it seems like some of them seem to think that if they're more friendly, it might get them a better grade.

It's definitely tough to be objective when it comes to grading for people you actually know. I did some grading at Gustavus, but it was mostly for people I don't really know. When it's for people I'm in class with for like 5 hours a week, it gets tougher to ignore what people are like in class and just grade the work they do.