Mid Terms

Whew! Glad that over with. I went from having to turn in a copy of my mid term test to my department head last year into turning it in to 4 different parties this year. Seriously, is there any valid excuse for this? Can they not just share? I always thought it would be easier having 3 on the ball administrators but when they don't all think alike, its really tough because they all come to you with 3 different things to do at once. The test are nothing more than a tiny portion of what I have to sometimes deal with. Also, I went from having 3 observations and 3 snapshots last year to now having 2 observations, 6 snapshots, the board of education doing random walk throughs, and the department of education is coming to check for knowledge (not simply posting) of standards. But they say "Oh, dont worry, this is not a GOTCHA". The politics never seem to amaze me. I guess this is where I simply play the game and flatter them with bullshit. After all, this is indeed what they seem to want. If they really cared about quality education, they would stop taking away instructional time for thier satisfaction of mind or whatever it is they are after.