We are back in the groove teaching teachers English in the late afternoon two days per week. Just had a session a little while ago. We appreciate the fact that the classes have become VERY informal and can concentrate on practical spoken English. We have a lot of joking and laughing. They are at ease in asking most any question. An hour and a half session goes by quickly. Now that they have sort of figured out my öff the wall¨humor, it seems to work better also.
The report including several pages of graphs and charts was presented to the principal today regarding our grading situation. Several teachers have also seen the report. There is universal concern about several things:
1. We do not have a single grading system. It is as though we are working in a number of different schools. Informally, there is agreement that we must work toward a single system.
2. There is little understanding of grading according to a fixed standard
3. We can Not have a system where we give nothing but high grades up through 7th grade and then we start to kill our students with tough grading. Of course this brings parents out with their teeth showing.
We know there will be some very sensitive times ahead on this topic. One teacher even told me ¨God go with you¨as I took the report to the principal.
We had a full and normal day of school today. This is a bit rare lately.
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Hey, we know what strikes are like, just the ones you are talking about. One day I went to Puyo early and could hardly get home because road blocks were put up. When I finally did get home I had two nice spikes in my nice new tires! Hey, remember we are praying for you. Love, Eldon and Phyllis
I will be interested to hear how the principal reacted upon seeing your analysis of grading. Teacher reaction will probably be another challenge with some of the teachers. Would you say that Pandora's box has been opened? Don
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