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Oh man, the only thing I can mention is a personal experience with teachers grading and why I'm grateful that they grade very unbiasedly.
To graduate in Texas you have to take the TAKS test, which is the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. Apart of that test is a portion where you have to write a persuasive paper on some subject that they give. It's really kind of a "Here's a topic, give me a story about it"
Well, when I took it in the 11th grade my essay prompt was "Describe the importance of acceptance" and you know, everyone's writing how it's important. Blacks, Asians, Mexicans, etc. all have a bone to pick most likely, same with Gay/Lesbian/Transexuals, etc. Me on the other hand, a White Anglo-Saxon from a protestant family had nothing worth while to talk about, so I wrote an essay on that it was unimportant to accept others, even to the point that we shouldn't accept people of different races and stuff for a myriad of reasons. Essentially I regurgitated a documentary on Neo-Nazis in America that I saw on the History channel a few days before.
Oh boy.
That seriously pissed off my English teacher. Luckily, though, she was one of those "I don't accept what you say, but I'll defend your right to the death to blah blah blah." That essay as it turns out was 50% of my final exam grade in that class. Thank God she was one of those Voltairians and I pulled off a 95 on that half because hey, I can write a really persuasive essay on why whites are the superior race apparently.
Anyway, I think a teacher _has_ to grade completely unbiasedly to be fair. If it's not, they're basically impressing morality on their students in a situation where that shouldn't apply in aniy way shape or form.
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I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."
Emo Philips
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