Professor Burch made a comment in tonight's grading lesson. She said that she always had a problem not grading papers whose 'voice' she liked better than the other papers. I know that we should grade impartially, but I believe that the tone and voice of a person's writing is an important part of their work. If a student can sway you with a passionate voice (or make you relate to them with their hatred of Sean Penn) then I think that that connection they made to you should be graded, not ignored. We write with a human element involved; a human element lauded in all great works of literature. To be able to present that in a scholarly essay shows great talent or skill. If a student truly makes you feel passionate about the subject, makes you laugh, or makes you think, I'm sure that you will remember that paper far longer than you will remember the grammatically correct, perfectly spelled, followed the rubric, paper.
And those students should be graded accordingly.
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