I’m concerned about my grading. Today we had meeting with all of the speech instructors and we watched two different videos of speeches. We each had to grade the speeches and then compare our scores. On the first speech, my grade was significantly higher than all of the other instructors. On the second speech, my grade was significantly lower. The speeches were to be graded, using a rubric, on a scale of 0-50. For the first speech, all of the others’ grades were between 30-35. Mine was a 45. One the second, all of the others rated them between a 22 and a 26. I rated the speech as a 14. I think that the difference between me and most of the other instructors is that I’ve been exposed to a much larger variety of speeches through my nearly decade-long tenure in speech and debate. I’m looking at different things than they are, and I believe that I’m looking for more practical performances. Or maybe I’m just way off base.