

I’m a very generous marker, generally I look for any merit and credit where I can within the scheme.
A 0 is a very strong statement saying “you produced nothing of value”, and it’s very very rare to hand out. In the case of a deduction, normally you tell them their grade pre-penalty to at least signal what was worthwhile with the aim of helping the student grow.








One of those little truisms folks forget is that optimising software takes a LOT longer than making something that just works.