Survival part 2
This week was not much fun. I started by invigilating a grade 12 class, and they were fine. But every class after that got worse and worse, until I had a grade 9 class where I had to actually run after a kid to keep him from leaving early. I had to prioritise the rest of the class, though, so he got away. And I was supposed to be free that day; I got conned into it by some asshole teacher who's never getting another favour out of me again. The rest of the time was spent bumming around my lab and preparing and giving an emergency extra lesson on stuff I hadn't taught the kids yet, because once again, nobody told me about it.
My kids wrote their paper on friday morning, and afterwards most told me they thought they had done well, although a few said they'd run out of time. I've only looked at the first 10 or so, and so far nobody has passed. A couple were just shy of the 40% pass mark, but most are closer to 0-20% so far. I need to mark all 140-odd papers by the 15th, when school starts up again.
I'm also really pissed off with the district. Not only did they include stuff in this test that they specifically said wasn't really part of the syllabus, but they also cocked up the marking memorandum for it. There are answers they've given us to mark with that are simply wrong. I also only got a copy of the official policy document regarding that practical investigation my kids had to do (on Charles's law) this week, showing that I'd not approached it in at all the right way. It's all utter cock, and a thorough waste of my time, and more importantly, a waste of the kids' time.
But I'm free now! Sort of. Still got that marking to do and all of next week is training with Teach SA at a school called De La Salle. But just the idea of term-end feels great. First thing I did when Eric and I got in the car to go home yesterday was put on Alice Cooper's School's Out. What a relief, however fleeting, to get out of the grinder.
My kids wrote their paper on friday morning, and afterwards most told me they thought they had done well, although a few said they'd run out of time. I've only looked at the first 10 or so, and so far nobody has passed. A couple were just shy of the 40% pass mark, but most are closer to 0-20% so far. I need to mark all 140-odd papers by the 15th, when school starts up again.
I'm also really pissed off with the district. Not only did they include stuff in this test that they specifically said wasn't really part of the syllabus, but they also cocked up the marking memorandum for it. There are answers they've given us to mark with that are simply wrong. I also only got a copy of the official policy document regarding that practical investigation my kids had to do (on Charles's law) this week, showing that I'd not approached it in at all the right way. It's all utter cock, and a thorough waste of my time, and more importantly, a waste of the kids' time.
But I'm free now! Sort of. Still got that marking to do and all of next week is training with Teach SA at a school called De La Salle. But just the idea of term-end feels great. First thing I did when Eric and I got in the car to go home yesterday was put on Alice Cooper's School's Out. What a relief, however fleeting, to get out of the grinder.