Imaginative Bridges with Architecture Commentary and Grading Papers

This week as I struggled with making meaningful commentary on photos posted by classmates it made me think of how sometimes when I review student's work I often put the same comments on most of the papers. It made me think of an instructor that I have that will write a commentary on my paper as long as the paper itself. Then I remembered how a teacher told me not to say "good job" to students because they are empty words with not much meaning and to tell the student what was good about the job. The combination of these events has made me think about how instructors should put more thought and creativity into the "grading process" and high light the positive aspects of a student's work. This could greatly increase a student's pride and motivate them to excel. If a student believes that you think their work is important and that you are going to spend time critiquing their work then they might take more time to complete the assignment.