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...O levels results that is. This Friday. A few of us English teachers in my school are feeling the jitters. You would think it's the students who would be tossing and turning in their beds. But you don't know, right, that we, the teachers, are somehow held accountable, even if it's just a little bit, for the results of our students.Never mind that performance in the exam is subject to a lot of factors teachers can't control. On Friday, in the morning, the staff room would be abuzz with teachers scrambling to have first cut information from the Principal. Did we do well? How many % above national average? How many % distinction? What about value-add score?
A teacher friend from another school told me how in her school, English teachers are compelled to explain why a certain student did not score A1. Yes, it can get as unreasonable as that!
No matter how much we try to say that the education scene is moving away from pure academic performance and towards holistic education, the obsession with results still stays. Because parents want to boast and compare, principals want to show something, and somebody wants to crunch numbers because it's his job.
So it's back to tossing and turning in bed for me. My first attempt at teaching a graduating class last year. And I don't know if I've got anything to show for it. Stress stress stress.
posted by trisha @ 5:30 PM
7 Comments:
ditto.. ditto.. *pacing in room*
and as if to spite me, the password verification for this comment is ilmsg..
ill mean subject grade?
this is a sign.. :(
think about it this way:
you've done everything in good conscience, with nurturing hands and given them wings. thats a lot to look forward to on Friday, me thinks. :)
heyo. been reading your blog for some time liaoz. hope you dun mind if i link your blog in mine. :)
i'm sure you'll do fine. as a.ball.of.yarn said, you have done everything you could. the rest is in the students' hands. :)
Don't you just love that moment when suddenly every student in school wished they'd paid more attention throughout the four years instead of thinking about how to pon school or how to best finish their work with the least amount of time?
Ok, maybe not. :D
As long as your conscience is clear, don't worry. Don't let the little people dictate how you feel about yourself!
Petals:
O dear. Terrible coincidence!
This is spooky. You MUST pray against it coming true.
a.ball.of.yarn:
I hope my boss thinks like you do!
ensui:
Thank you for visiting! I checked out your blog and saw that I am known as "The Teacher" in your blogroll. This is scary man! Can you change it to "A Teacher" instead?
Susilo:
HaHa! Actually we ask the current Sec 4 students to stay back on Fri and see who are the ones jumping for joy and who are crying and try to imagine themselves same time next year and what kind of scenario it will be like for them.
Nothing like seeing the faces of despair to jolt them! Wicked, I know!
Tym:
OK, I'll try to remember that! Thanks!
lol... whats so scary abt being known as 'The Teacher'? *scratches head* >.<
in any case, its done. you are now officially known on my blog as 'A Teacher'. :D i find it a bit boring to name pple on the blogroll by their profile name, so i try to put in some descriptive name. hope you dun mind. :p
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