Let it go

Sung to the tune of "Let it go" from Frozen

Lyrics by Ellen Walker and Don Blaheta

They say don't try to read the students' minds
to rate code less or more
Rubric points in isolation
add up to non-zero scores
The most important thing is score consistency
Is this point correct? Doesn't work for me

The rubric says this gets a 3
Can't compile it, it's just so hard to see
I really want to score it low
TL says No,

Let it go
Let it go
and let the scoring* flow
Let it go
Let it go
The backread queues** will grow
Only read
what the rubric needs
to give the point...
The code never bothered me anyway.

It's funny how more reading
makes all the points more clear,
and the errors in their programs
no longer seem so weird.

I think my own tests wouldn't use
exactly these points, win or lose
It's right, it's wrong, but they're not me
I see:

Let it go
Let it go
I am one with the rubric now
Let it go
Let it go
I've got this thing nailed down
I understand
and I can say:
Bring the booklets on!
The code never bothered me anyway.

* Previously: "folders"

** Previously: "stacks"!