right now i can only afford the time to update yytellmewhy once per week, because of my commitments as the o levels chief presiding examiner at a sec sch in the east. let's call the school juliet yankee.
the experience has been great so far, and the students there are very well behaved.
for example, to compare these students with the students from my workplace:
1) last year, after my students' papers were collected, and the invigilators were tallying their scripts, the students start to whisper among themselves. whereas the students from juliet yankee will keep quiet, and stare blankly in front, until all the scripts are being tallied and until i release them from the hall.
2) last year, if my students forgot to bring their calculator/stationery/entry proof/nric into the hall, they will bua long long walk slowly out of the hall, and bua long long walk slowly back into the hall, like the whole world owes them a living. whereas the students from juliet yankee will speed out of the hall, and speed back into the hall with their stuff.
and now, let's talk about the teachers at juliet yankee.
firstly, on every exam day, one of the teachers will prepare hot milo and biscuits for the students. because some of the students will skip breakfast.
and before the paper, the subject teachers will be with the students at the canteen, giving them last min revision and motivation. ok the teachers at my workplace also do that.
but this is what impresses me. the teachers will go up with the students to the hall. and they will remain standing at the back of the hall for fifteen minutes. because the students have to be seated 15 min before the start of the paper. and once i announce the start of paper to the candidates, the teachers will then leave. that. is. really. IMPRESSIVE.
two more weeks of o levels to go! the last paper is on 15 nov 2013. :)
