October has one foot out the door already and I haven't turned in an entry for it yet. Things have been so frantically, hectically busy since the middle of September, I get dizzy every time I even crane my neck. Yep, literally. And most of it was work-related. The annual inter-college sports meet is always a major item on the calendar in this part of the world and this year was no different. I personally don't think it should be but who cares what I think. So we had a week's mad high of songs, slogans and sledgings, fuelled by teenaged adrenaline and hormones. This year, the gods smiled on us and championship clinched on a day saturated with screamus delirious, the kids went berserk with joy. Here's a short video clip I took of them capering around in an impromptu celebratory jig, golden pompoms et al.
That done, I had to turn to my backlog of paperwork. Test papers, home assignments, the usual entrapments of a teacher. And all with the deadline hanging over my beleaguered head. In the middle of it, we had a family wedding. Now we haven't welcomed a bride to the family for over twelve years or so, so we all went a little overboard. After all, there have been so many new fangled innovations to weddings with colour themed clothing for the bride's side and the groom's side, the pro-photographers et al. When we compared notes the day after, we had all almost killed ourselves tottering around all day in our high heels and fighting off the heat in our new royal blue formal wear. Oh well, a family wedding doesn't happen everyday after all.
More paperwork. Questions for exams. Sigh, I wonder who invented exams. The kids hate them, the teachers hate them. The parents probably hate them too. Come early November and we'll all be lumbering home with... you got it, more paperwork. No rest for the wicked. Ah, well, I still love my job and wouldn't trade it for any other.
Hey don't teachers get long winter or summer breaks to compensate the semester workload? It is a good way of living. Work hard. Play hard. Nice!
ReplyDeleteNo, as of this year we're following the 6 month semester system and our nice, long winter breaks have been effectively killed off :"(
ReplyDelete'I wonder who invented exams. The kids hate them, the teachers hate them. The parents probably hate them too.'
ReplyDeleteToo true! I wonder who invented exams! :)
I did a spell of teaching for a few months during my college break, and quite enjoyed it. But I probably would feel the 'heat' if I'd really been a teacher, be it school or college.And exams. The last time I sat for an exam was for a music grade, and I leterally squeezed my greying grey cells to the limits.
ReplyDeletedear diary, and your kids haven't even started schooling yet! I've noticed that most well- educated parents tend to push their kids harder in their studies than not so well-educated ones so you're probably due for lots and lots of study naggings in the not too distant future :)
ReplyDeletedaniel, exams in the time of middle age is a bit taxing on the little old grey cells. As it is, we can't even remember what we ate for dinner the next morning! :p
ReplyDeleteI hope not, Calliopia, but I'm a little bit of a control freak, so there's a chance my poor kids will be nagged a lot during homework :P
ReplyDeleteHehe good luck to you all :)
ReplyDeleteand then after all that you get papers that say, "The bell pell-mell for the class start" or "As we all know that, Wordsworth was a poet". Bless them :) You still have my dream job, anyway! Take multi-vitamins!
ReplyDeleteOmigawsh, the bell pell-mell? LMWAO!!! That's priceless :D And multi-vitamins, great idea. Why didn't I think of that before :p
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