At my school, fall semester classes end on December 10, with exams to follow the next Monday.  And that can only mean one thing: I am so far behind on grading that I’m a little nervous about looking my students in the eyes. At such moments, I’m reminded of advice that a colleague gave me ten or eleven years ago, back when I was teaching for the first time: If you’re late getting papers back, announce to the class that you’re done grading, but that you can’t return the papers yet because you’..   show all text