More often than not, students mark their work lower than I have.
Is this because they are modest or because they are far more critical of their own work than other people?
A recent self-evaluation had a Grade 6 student give herself an "E" because, according to her written explanation, she was "confused inside (her) head" when she went on stage. None of this confusion showed, of course, and I replayed the performance tape to check if it did. What was really interesting was that she did not comment on her greatly improved voice projection (and give herself a high grade for that) - she chose to be self-critical to the point of awarding herself the failing grade.
Is she the exception to the rule?
Well isnt it most often the rule? Even as adults most often are governed by the same psyche! Is it merely to reflect or authentically self evaluate? Is it necessarily a correct judgment? OR is it to reflect modesty and not call ourselves too good? I dont know. But the day we recognise ourselves in the true mirror of life, we will not need to self evaluate.
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The need for acceptance that is fed by society
Causes the sun in each of us
To dim as we traverse infancy and adultery
Pausing briefly at animal promiscuity why not?
And we build false paradigms to evaluate that
Which really should be let be
Modesty and perspective are not concepts that life
Is.
The metrics
of our lives' outlooks
Add up stacks up build on burn through
nothing,
The Boy King is John.
Long live John.