The Big Test
Workday - 8:30am-6:30pm
Good lord. How did I end up staying at work until 6:30, tonight?? Well, I'll tell you how.
I was expecting to stay maybe 30 minutes later while I photocopied some math tests. My first delay was thinking of a bonus question to add to it. I eventually typed that up, printed it off, and stuck it to the last page. Then the tests took about 15 minutes in the photocopier. After they were done, I checked them over and began to realize the test looked too long. I'd already cut it down a lot, too. Coincidentally, a couple of grade 12 students saw the pile of tests and asked if they could write them for fun. Actually, one was a grade 11 student, but she's currently taking grade 12 math.
These students were probably two of the top students in the whole school. Of course, I knew they wouldn't give an accurate representation of how much time it would take a grade 9 to write that test. They just insisted on writing them anyway. Plus, they both insisted on not using calculators (which would help increase time factor). And so, they decided to race each other. It still took them a half hour to write the test.
I marked their tests, and the grade 12 guy won by 1% (he also finished faster). Both students received over 100% overall, still (there was a 2-mark bonus question).
So that's what kept me at school forever. Watching them do the tests, and then marking them! Insanity. But it did help me realize that the test really would be too long. Seeing where they struggled also helped me think of one question I could cut out. I'll just call it another bonus.
And now it's 8pm, and I haven't had dinner. What a day. I also worked all through my prep period and right through lunch. I basically haven't stopped since I woke up this morning.
Good lord. How did I end up staying at work until 6:30, tonight?? Well, I'll tell you how.
I was expecting to stay maybe 30 minutes later while I photocopied some math tests. My first delay was thinking of a bonus question to add to it. I eventually typed that up, printed it off, and stuck it to the last page. Then the tests took about 15 minutes in the photocopier. After they were done, I checked them over and began to realize the test looked too long. I'd already cut it down a lot, too. Coincidentally, a couple of grade 12 students saw the pile of tests and asked if they could write them for fun. Actually, one was a grade 11 student, but she's currently taking grade 12 math.
These students were probably two of the top students in the whole school. Of course, I knew they wouldn't give an accurate representation of how much time it would take a grade 9 to write that test. They just insisted on writing them anyway. Plus, they both insisted on not using calculators (which would help increase time factor). And so, they decided to race each other. It still took them a half hour to write the test.
I marked their tests, and the grade 12 guy won by 1% (he also finished faster). Both students received over 100% overall, still (there was a 2-mark bonus question).
So that's what kept me at school forever. Watching them do the tests, and then marking them! Insanity. But it did help me realize that the test really would be too long. Seeing where they struggled also helped me think of one question I could cut out. I'll just call it another bonus.
And now it's 8pm, and I haven't had dinner. What a day. I also worked all through my prep period and right through lunch. I basically haven't stopped since I woke up this morning.
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