Exam Weeks
Workday - 8:45am-7:45pm
I didn't get home until 10pm tonight, though. My colleagues and I went out for drinks after band rehearsal. It's always nice to relax and chat after a long day. Of course, it then makes the day even longer which can also be rough.
Today marked the beginning of a week of exams, for me. My classes will be performing and writing them for the next 4 days. While I'm stressed about all of this coming up, I'm also relieved that I've accomplished so much already. I finished marking all of the composition assignments over the weekend (rough and good copies). I also made up all the history exams (grade 10 and grade 11 classes) after school today, so all I have left to do is photocopy them. Of course, "made up" just meant tinkering with some old exams on file. Whatever. It still took 2 hours.
Friday is when the "formal exam week" begins. This is when final exams take place within this special schedule. While none of my classes has to write any of these, I do have to supervise some other people's classes as they write theirs next week. Anyway, Friday I technically have nothing to do in the building (except mark, which I can do anywhere). I had gotten my hopes up to take the day off, but now it seems like it won't happen.
There's almost nothing more disappointing than thinking you're going to get a day off and then having that taken away! That's my opinion anyway. The department has set aside Friday to completely clean out the office, as we're getting new carpet in next week. I toyed with the idea of just packing up my stuff on Thursday and calling myself done! However, in the end I think it would just make me look like a slacker if I don't show.
Now I'm just depressed at the idea of losing my day off. I'll live, though. And so, after spending over 14 hours out of my home, I've returned ready to head straight for bed. Goodnight.
I didn't get home until 10pm tonight, though. My colleagues and I went out for drinks after band rehearsal. It's always nice to relax and chat after a long day. Of course, it then makes the day even longer which can also be rough.
Today marked the beginning of a week of exams, for me. My classes will be performing and writing them for the next 4 days. While I'm stressed about all of this coming up, I'm also relieved that I've accomplished so much already. I finished marking all of the composition assignments over the weekend (rough and good copies). I also made up all the history exams (grade 10 and grade 11 classes) after school today, so all I have left to do is photocopy them. Of course, "made up" just meant tinkering with some old exams on file. Whatever. It still took 2 hours.
Friday is when the "formal exam week" begins. This is when final exams take place within this special schedule. While none of my classes has to write any of these, I do have to supervise some other people's classes as they write theirs next week. Anyway, Friday I technically have nothing to do in the building (except mark, which I can do anywhere). I had gotten my hopes up to take the day off, but now it seems like it won't happen.
There's almost nothing more disappointing than thinking you're going to get a day off and then having that taken away! That's my opinion anyway. The department has set aside Friday to completely clean out the office, as we're getting new carpet in next week. I toyed with the idea of just packing up my stuff on Thursday and calling myself done! However, in the end I think it would just make me look like a slacker if I don't show.
Now I'm just depressed at the idea of losing my day off. I'll live, though. And so, after spending over 14 hours out of my home, I've returned ready to head straight for bed. Goodnight.
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