Just an assurance: it doesn't get any easier. And as a source of rethinking and self-recrimination - Well ... Lloyd Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: John McCreery To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:13 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Erin's New Pet Peeve I wonder if there are any among us who are or have been teachers who like marking? John On 3/5/07, Erin Holder < erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: OK, I hate marking. I absolutely hate it. It is perhaps one of the most aggravating activities I've ever had to engage myself in. That's all I have to say. Erin TO ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 http://www.wordworks.jp/