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Date: 06 October 2008 23:23:17
If I could get rid of just one aspect of my job it wouldn't be the pointless administrative tasks that we have to do to prove we are doing what we do (although they would be second). It would be marking the books of children that haven't bothered to listen to anything you have said. The things that really, really wind me up are things like 'Underline headings with a ruler' in that they don't. Now, this may not affect the quality of their written work but I wouldn't really know, because by the time I have written UNDERLINE or USE A RULER 10 times I don't really care what they have written about, and they certainly won't get credit marks for what they have done.
It may seem a silly thing to wind me up but I spent a reasonable amount of time explaining it to my classes, exactly what my expectations were and why it mattered. I made it clear that if they struggle with neat writing it would be ok, as long as they had made an effort etc etc etc
By the time I ripped a page in yet another exercise book I wondered why I bother. Cut out the marking and it's pretty much a regular sort of job, hours wise.
So, given that they take not the slightest bit of notice of anything we write, can't we just stop? Now? Please?