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Objective vs. Subjective Grading
posted by: quixotic1028 		Please login to reply to this message. Posted Friday, Nov 6 at 6:21 PM
Fri, Nov 6, 09 at 06:21:52 EST
Should an instructor with strong political views be allowed to grade student work subjectively?

I've been dealing with a situation lately. I have an art class with such an instructor. He openly grades subjectively. I normally wouldn't bee uneasy about it as I am confident with my work as an artist. I didn't however, take into consideration my instructor's strong political views. He is a republican and much of my work depicts a very liberal point of view. I've been receiving average grades all semester for no other reason other than "he doesn't like my artwork". I looked him up online. His own portfolio isn't very impressive and mostly bashes our government. I just want feedback on the issue.


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Re: Objective vs. Subjective Grading
posted by: 		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Friday, Nov 6 at 6:54 PM
Fri, Nov 6, 09 at 06:54:48 EST
(In reply to quixotic102

I know exactly how this feels. I had a ceramics teacher that graded your project based on her opinion of whether it was "pretty" or not. There were rules to each project, like a pot had to be 8" tall and 6" wide and those were the only rules. But if she didn't like it, you got a C. If she liked the appearance, you got an A. One time she told me my artwork was ugly, and I told her jokingly, "come on, you know you like it." She ended up giving me an A cause I stood up to her. I don't know if that would work with all art teachers like this, but it's worth a shot.



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