I constantly find myself trying to strike the balance between homelife and preparing for the classroom. At two of the three colleges that I work for, they pay for prep time and it is never equal to the amount of time actually spent. However, I always get paid back when I have great student evaluations of the course or grades at the end of the course. What has been my saving grace in my larger classes is using the scantrons and the automated machines to grade the quizzes and tests. I became so efficient at this type of grading that… >>>