bah humbug

[danaeris]

Long meeting about cheating problems at the school today; at least I'm not the only teacher who is dealing with a lot of this. The principal is having similar problems in her history class; likewise in at least one english class.

Apparently one of the reasons why the students are so confused by my assignments is that they don't get assigned any papers, projects, etc. until ninth grade. Isn't that crazy?

The education this school is currently providing is so spotty, its a travesty. I only hope that I can help change that in some small measure.

Sunset and Port
I have until Friday, possibly until Monday, to grade ~40 papers (unless some students didn't hand theirs in).

I just don't think I can afford the time to go to S&P tonight, which is a shame because I think I could use some relaxation time among friends. love you all, but tonight is, alas, another home night.

Comments

[auros]

Whoa. Seriously? I had to start writing at least short-ish papers -- book reports and the like -- in, like third grade. Maybe fourth, I dunno, but definitely elementary school.

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

my very first written report was in 4th grade. We had to do country reports. We did a short verbal presentation, a written outline, and then turned our outline into a written report, by making each heading into a paragraph. But, yeah, before that there were 1-3 paragraph book reports as early as 2nd grade. And "what I did over my summer vacation" type writing assignments. Heck, in first grade we even wrote short fiction (of the form of "If I were queen...")

[auros]

Hmmm. Yeah, I think I had to do a report on Sweden when I was in 3rd, come to think of it -- it involved a written report, a poster with a map, and cooking a dish to bring in.