Summer Again
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I guess I didn't post enough in June to bother with a countdown. I really didn't have very exciting stories, and it all went by so fast.
Everyone passed in my grade 11 class (which is good, because a few people were borderline, and that's such an easy course). The grade 10 course is much more difficult, and I expected plenty of failures. I just feel bad when someone who's already taken it a few times fails again. I only had one of those (whom I could have felt bad about), but she skipped off the last week of class when we were doing crucial review. She also would have gotten her tests back that week to study from. She also would have found out about the formula sheet and its due date. She (and one other guy) came in during the exam with formula sheet in-hand. I had to confiscate them. I told them it was due before the exam, as I made it quite clear I wouldn't accept any the day of.
Naturally, her exam was a disaster and her already-plummeting mark plummeted further. She didn't even show up on the date to find out her final mark. I guess her lack of caring and effort near the end makes me feel less bad.
I could go on about some mildly interesting stories. Such as the V.P. whose lazy and forgetful actions created a train wreck in that grade 10 class' exam. Or the one student who was fairly insistent that I change his grade to a pass.
As for the latter story, it seemed I couldn't say anything to get that guy to give up and go away. I could have been more firm and just walked away, myself. Had it been another student, I may have tried that route. Unfortunately, I knew this guy had some "friends in gang places". I wasn't going to pass him because of that fact, but I certainly wasn't going to piss him off either. I knew I had to settle in a way that kept him content. And, eventually, that I had.
At this point, it's nice to know that semester is behind me. It was my most difficult yet, and I hope not to repeat it. Next year's timetable doesn't look great at the moment, but everything changes so much before September that I'm not worrying.
I'd been pining for the summer since April, and it's finally here. No summer course to take this time around. I'm planning to do some specific (though minimal) work, but mostly relax.
Cheers, folks! 'Til September.
I guess I didn't post enough in June to bother with a countdown. I really didn't have very exciting stories, and it all went by so fast.
Everyone passed in my grade 11 class (which is good, because a few people were borderline, and that's such an easy course). The grade 10 course is much more difficult, and I expected plenty of failures. I just feel bad when someone who's already taken it a few times fails again. I only had one of those (whom I could have felt bad about), but she skipped off the last week of class when we were doing crucial review. She also would have gotten her tests back that week to study from. She also would have found out about the formula sheet and its due date. She (and one other guy) came in during the exam with formula sheet in-hand. I had to confiscate them. I told them it was due before the exam, as I made it quite clear I wouldn't accept any the day of.
Naturally, her exam was a disaster and her already-plummeting mark plummeted further. She didn't even show up on the date to find out her final mark. I guess her lack of caring and effort near the end makes me feel less bad.
I could go on about some mildly interesting stories. Such as the V.P. whose lazy and forgetful actions created a train wreck in that grade 10 class' exam. Or the one student who was fairly insistent that I change his grade to a pass.
As for the latter story, it seemed I couldn't say anything to get that guy to give up and go away. I could have been more firm and just walked away, myself. Had it been another student, I may have tried that route. Unfortunately, I knew this guy had some "friends in gang places". I wasn't going to pass him because of that fact, but I certainly wasn't going to piss him off either. I knew I had to settle in a way that kept him content. And, eventually, that I had.
At this point, it's nice to know that semester is behind me. It was my most difficult yet, and I hope not to repeat it. Next year's timetable doesn't look great at the moment, but everything changes so much before September that I'm not worrying.
I'd been pining for the summer since April, and it's finally here. No summer course to take this time around. I'm planning to do some specific (though minimal) work, but mostly relax.
Cheers, folks! 'Til September.
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