We had a test day today. I had no class while students were tested on each subject with a new written/ multiple choice examination every forty minutes. In between 3rd and 4th period my co-teachers are bombarded with newsprint covered with the right and wrong answers of the past three or four English lesson from our textbook.
Because the Grade 6 teacher has more classes than any other grade I take four classes off of her plate to round out the workload. She gives me a perfect test she's already marked and sends me on my way. Would you believe it there is a question that involves having some sort of outer thought beyond the textbook? I certainly didn't. The last question on the test prompted the students to say what they wanted to be when they grew up. There were lots of answers some more bizarre than others. Here's the bottom top 5: 1 being the most discouraging.
5. Animal doctor: There was a student who wrote veterinarian so I have to give this student props for wanting to do something I was hell bent on doing until I met my colossal bitch of a science teacher in middle school. You need to remember that consonant-vowel pattern until the end of the word, kiddo.
4. A toy doctor. I don't know what this would be.
3. Spot Preson: Uh oh, here comes a kid who can't spell and is riding on the likelihood that he'll be an athlete some day. Boody Miles Kim?
2. Touusst: This was also this student's answer for every written question. I know exactly who it is too and she never comes to my phonics class even after I tell her teacher to tell her! Moral of her life: You get what you put in.
1. Model: Really? You just want to look pretty not actually have a ... skill? ... Good luck I guess.
A lot of others wrote baseball player, teacher, astronaut, lawyer, diplomat, designer, fashion designer, singer, soccer player, programmer (NOT pro-gamer, I hope). It was really nice to see their aspiring goals coupled with 90+ test scores because my personal aspirations are sliding a bit these days (Resolution time'll save me though!). No one wanted to be a cop or a fireman though.
They're still managing to drive my pet peeves wild with Vs and Rs and Fs and Ts. There's always something to work on with kids, that's what's great about them .
Keep dreaming kids!!!
AND PRACTICE YOUR PRINTING!!!
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