u/Disastrous_Owl_6830

This morning I realized that every year when the dust settles from the spring semester, I find myself making summer resolutions the way some people make New Year's resolutions.

This year: take more morning walks, try at least one new recipe a week (bonus points for in-season produce), go to the local free concerts/sidewalk festivals/farmer's markets.

Anyone else do this with freed-up mental space in the summer? What are yours?

Is anyone else really bad at giving feedback on the spot? My classes include written assignments, and it's fairly common for students to approach me just before or after class, pull up a draft, and ask me to comment on a thesis statement or a paragraph.

I think it's great that they're taking initiative to ask for help, but I'm terrible at on-the-spot feedback. I often don't get to the heart of the matter, or my spoken reply visibly results in more confusion than clarity.

I encourage students to ask by email instead, but I find they often do not follow up, and I can't help but wonder if they are misinterpreting my request that they ask differently as a tacit refusal to assist.

Does anyone else have a similar problem? Have you found any effective solutions? Or do you have advice on how to improve in-the-moment feedback skills?