I just don't get why they are not giving back graded work right away. We always got our work back right away.
Last year when we had to write an essay in my Chinese history class, my teacher had them all back within in two to four days, and these were not short essays. And he had other classes. I don't remember waiting that long for assignments to come back when I was high school, maybe a week. If we corrected them in class, it was usually the next day, and that was only so they could input our grades.
In college teachers were scared to come to class if they didn't have tests graded by the next meeting. Papers usually were expected in a week.