Today, was the Math TAKS for my darling 7th graders. What a boring day. Do you know what 'actively monitoring' means? It means walking around watching students complete math problems, yet we are 'not allowed' to look at the test, for fear we will remember something about it. We cannot grade papers, read, check email, or prepare for another day's lessons. We can only watch...for four hours...pure agony!! And oh so boring....
And tomorrow is the READING.... my subject. I have already predicted who will pass, who will not, and who has a 'maybe' chance. In May I will see how close I came....and of course, I hope more of them pass than I expect. My students do the absolute best they can, but the dear old NCLB, and state of Texas tell them that is not good enough. If a student has an IQ of 70, do you honestly think he will do as well as one with an IQ of 120? Not likely...so then, that Special Ed student is told, once again, that he is a failure...Yea, that makes sense...let's just continue to hurt them....and expect miracles out of us!
As for my Thomas...another test was run yesterday. This test was to see if he is able to swallow the pill cam....oh fun....
For all you non-teachers out there...count your blessings that TAKS is just something you read about in the paper and not what you live....
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Tomorrow I am bringing houseshoes. My feet hurt from walking up and down aisles.
And of course...the two that I knew would not finish in 5 hours didn't. Hmmmm....imagine tomorrow when they have reading and get tired. They already know how many tiles are on the ceiling AND how many fuzz balls on the carpet. They can NOT stay focused, but at least stay in their seats.
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