I Need a Break, Damnit!
Okay, so I just finished grading the final exam for the winter session of my class. Fuckin' depressing. So I ended up having one A, four Bs, four Cs one D, and four Fs and I still have one kid who has to take the test on Monday due to being ill. I'm guessing she'll end up with a low B or a high C. I'm so mad that four of them totally flunked. I know the test was hard. It was a FINAL. It was supposed to test what they had learned over the last 12 weeks. Many of the questions were even recycled from previous tests. We reviewed for 2 days beforehand. I don't know if some of them are lazy or if I'm a shitty teacher. One of the kids said that my class was the easiest class with the hardest test. I have no idea what that means. Right now I'm evaluating everything I did last session. I think I would give myself a C....ouch. I think they need more structure, more hardass teacher days, and more step-by-step instruction. I'm going to have to be super detailed with them. I'm not crazy about that because that's not me by nature. But then, this isn't about me. I think my whole approach would have been completely successful with seniors or even college freshman, but this class is pretty immature, even for 15-year-olds. Damn, I feel so bad about giving bad grades. I really feel quite fond of all of these kids.