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Ian, why are you marking exams? Does your Science staff make your solutions? Do other labbies mark student exam papers? I know they were multi choice but......

Yes, I am often asked to mark the multiple choice section of exams even outside my curriculum. I guess I'm a sucker 'cause I believe in helping out whenever I can - always dependent on my current workload. I have yet to test the theory out tho' of "what goes around, comes around!"
Lou P.
PS I don't have extra activities such as looking after handsome devils like Brian!

True, he does take a lot of looking after. Took an hour to untangle the bugger from the switchboard cable after I released him in the school office the other day. I'll post some more pictures of him soon. He seems to have quite a following here. Shame I cannot make the Science conference this year, I'd introduce you all to him.I've never been asked to mark exams. I'm all for helping where I can, it's just that I know how busy we are and I would be worried about errors. I think Ian deserves a foot long chocolate frog that weighs 16 kilos for his efforts. Good man! I get asked to sometimes help in the Printroom but I'm a printer by trade and work a second job as a document controller (programmer) in Sydney so it's eaaaaaasy! Not the same rate of pay though so I only use 1 arm.

No I do not mark exams. I would help out, but if I ever need help with something, only the head teacher, seems to be the only one to help.

So I keep to my part.

Thanks for the recipe Julie.
"They" reckoned that I should have brought tea and scones down to the shearer yesterday when he came to shear our goats (Angoras. Even cuter than Brian!!) so I thought I should have a recipe on hand and "suprise" them one day by actually doing morning tea. Perhaps I could brown the top of the scones with a Bunsen Burner? (just lightly flame the top?)

As for marking the Multi choice papers, well, when the whole school (except Yr 12) is on exams, they figure I have not much to do. (Although my prep room still looks like a pig sty!) In another life, I used to teach, and get my wife to mark my multi choice exams. Did some body say "what goes around comes around"?

Still, we all get along pretty well, and I mostly feel appreciated, despite not having a "SASS Appreciation Week"

Never been asked to mark exams, but have been solely responsible for the final output of academic reports for several years. Our new principal is horrified and says that the situation will change next year. I wish her luck getting the individual teachers to even spell the students' names right, let alone their grammar and everything else!

Julie

I need proof that the angoras are cuter than Brian!!

So there!
Dont you love the cute little curls!

Ian

Very very cute,

Oh, he's ok I suppose. It wouldn't be faithful to Brian if I started appreciating other schools fine specimens, he's a particuarly jealous goat. We want to see a picture of Nibbles! Go on. Ian and myself have shown you our goats, now show us yours.