Break my Spine, I'll be just fine...
And thus, we've reached the End of the 1st Week of September Tests...
The Grade 8 to 11s have started writing their 3rd Term Tests on Tuesday. Strangely enough, these kids were under the impression that - because the ANAs (Annual National Assessment) were postponed, they would get a Free Pass and not need to write any Tests, on account of all the 'disruptions' at school!? Fat Chance, Fellas...
These are the same bright young minds, who are 'clever' enough to want to 'reason' with the Teachers, that they have worked so hard and study diligently at Home - they deserve a break... In other words, they did not come to School for more 'Schooling'!?
Slim vang sy Baas...
From the Classes that I invigilate and the Test-papers I have started marking... It is very evident, that not a lot of thought and/or work have gone into preparing for and answering their Test-papers. For many of the Learners, School is still very much just a Place where they go to hang out with their Friends and Education is the Greatest Joke ever told!? It is not kind, to find joy in somebody else's misfortune... But, to some of the Answers, I cannot help but have a giggle and think to myself... Dear Child, nobody but yourself is to blame for the type of ludicrous nonsense you put down on paper. Being the Class Clown only pays off amongst the silly 'fans' they try and impress. When a Child(?) says, that he is 'happy' with an average of 10 - 20% because he likes it at School and plans to be here for a long time... I really tend to believe him!
One can only break one's back, so many times - for an unappreciative audience...
Sometimes, it is better to let 'it' be and let Life's little disappointments be the Lesson...
Time to get back to the rest of the Mountain of Marking that awaits...
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