What a week - I know that these tests are important - but really what does the rest of the school population get to do. In my experience - nothing. We are strongly encouraged not to give any new material or any tests or quizzes for the entire week. So really by the time they get finished with all the fire drills, tornado drills, schedule adjustment, graduation tests, end of course tests, assemblies, etc. - how many days are we really teaching our students.
Yes - all this from the mouth of the "class clown". Believe it or not covering my material and making sure my students grasp that material is extremely important to me. Is there not a better way to get all these "necessary" items taken care of without distrubing the real reason we are there. Is it really necessary to have both end of course tests and graduation tests?
I'm all for having Saturday School to get these things done. However, who wants to work an extra day for no more pay?
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ReplyDeleteI found a way to get caught up on grading as well as have make-up das for students that were missing work. There's not much that could be done during testing, so I just tried to make the best out of the situation.
MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!
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