Once again, I am supervising the Australian HSC (High School Certifitcate), as seen here:
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For a recap, this is the final exam students do at the end of High School.
This year, we had a good run of students who, as one of the other supervisors described, a bunch of kids who weren't in the "super smart" category... but in the doing the best they can.
So, in other words: Good year.
Almost.
Two stories.
Just put him the front row:
We had one student who came in and it was suspected he had whooping cough.
The Board of Studies (big overseers) suggested this:
"Just put him in the front row so he doesn't cough on people."
...
...
...what?
What?
Huh!?
We ended up seperating him into a different room. Fortunately for us, it turns out he didn't have whooping cough.
Still though... Put him in the front row... Lucky we have common sense.
The Mother
We had one student who mother was nearly one step away from chaining herself to her child.
"I would like my son to do the exam elsewhere."
This got a no. Why? He had no conditions which could affect him from sitting with the others. Mother-dearest wanted her child to do the exam at home. Yeah, no. Still can't happen.
So, he had to come in...
and the mother followed him all the way to the door...
and watched him take his seat...
and then stared at him for a while...
and then she left... only to wait at the school gate for him.
For two and a half hours she waited there.
Later on, she rang the school.
"I want a misadventure form for my son!"
"What was the problem?"
"He had a wobbly desk!"
She wanted a form which would of pardoned her son from the exam because of a wobbly desk... which we ask at the start of each exam for student to check so we could replace it or balance it out with paper (sometimes its the floor).
*sigh*
How will he function in the real world?
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For a recap, this is the final exam students do at the end of High School.
This year, we had a good run of students who, as one of the other supervisors described, a bunch of kids who weren't in the "super smart" category... but in the doing the best they can.
So, in other words: Good year.
Almost.
Two stories.
Just put him the front row:
We had one student who came in and it was suspected he had whooping cough.
The Board of Studies (big overseers) suggested this:
"Just put him in the front row so he doesn't cough on people."
...
...
...what?
What?
Huh!?
We ended up seperating him into a different room. Fortunately for us, it turns out he didn't have whooping cough.
Still though... Put him in the front row... Lucky we have common sense.
The Mother
We had one student who mother was nearly one step away from chaining herself to her child.
"I would like my son to do the exam elsewhere."
This got a no. Why? He had no conditions which could affect him from sitting with the others. Mother-dearest wanted her child to do the exam at home. Yeah, no. Still can't happen.
So, he had to come in...
and the mother followed him all the way to the door...
and watched him take his seat...
and then stared at him for a while...
and then she left... only to wait at the school gate for him.
For two and a half hours she waited there.
Later on, she rang the school.
"I want a misadventure form for my son!"
"What was the problem?"
"He had a wobbly desk!"
She wanted a form which would of pardoned her son from the exam because of a wobbly desk... which we ask at the start of each exam for student to check so we could replace it or balance it out with paper (sometimes its the floor).
*sigh*
How will he function in the real world?
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