Things You No Longer Worry About After 42 Years!

Today el joven was trying to figure out how to enter grades for homework, what weight they should be, and how often to enter them in our online grading program.  To me it just seemed so natural and so much a part of what I do everyday.  To el joven it was new and confusing.  This made me think about those first few years of teaching and how I spent a lot of time considering the role of homework, how much of an impact it should have on a grade, what I should expect from the students, and even what my policies were in regard to missing homework.  He also seemed to be stumbling with grades for participation.  I think as teachers we can sometimes over think stuff and I could see that this was what he was doing.  Don't worry, joven, as the days pass you will get a better feel and sense of how you view homework and what role it will play!
La Vieja