Date for Entry: (Tuesday 05 December 2023)
Actual Date of Online Entry: (December 2023)
[T1, W:14 – D:63, (Td:1)*].
Dear Diary,
I came late
today. There was a yummy driver today too. There was a long period in the
office. I worked on the test papers that I had set aside for the teachers and
then I got it delivered to the two staffrooms in my tray. This was the day that
an entire 3 quarters and more of the staff teachers stayed home for probably
either last-minute or coursework marking, long final papers marking and
uploading of marks. The deadline was drawing nearer and everyone felt stressed
about it.
Miss Mustapha and
other teachers had to wait to see if they had gotten approval for their beach
cleaning field trip and then some teachers had to remain back in school because
of the short number of students to supervise the students present on the
compound. Not many Deans either were about except Mrs Brown. Dr Blandin had
kept back two Form 1 boys that I taught in the office for running and she didn’t
take their explanation.
While I stayed
in the office, I had the Form 1 paper completed. It was easier to make than Form
2 in terms of the time required to make it. The practical was not much. I
decided to make a spin in the compound with my bookstand and slips. I got one
student from 2F and four from 2L to do the test. Kevin and Suvir were busy
playing they didn’t do their coursework. The breeze was nice outside by the
mini savannah.
I went back to
the staffroom to finalise the marks in my mark book. “Mr Christian” sat with me
in the back of the staffroom entering his marks too. Only after school, Shiva
came to tell me that two students were looking for me to do their practical
assessment. He said, “Uh know, Mr Ali, in this industry 2:30 in home time, yuh
know.” I said, “Not for me, honey. That’s for the regular people.” I got my
laptop logged off and went outside to meet them.
They got chairs
and sat near the old 1F classroom and I brought my bookstand with the Form 1 slips.
A girl came with him to do the practical too. She went first because she had to
go quickly. She gave a hard attempt but it was not so good. She left her
manuscript with Riley and he did his assessment after. We had a good chat before
he left.
I went to pack
my bags and move back to the staffroom where I entered their marks and those last-minute
ones from today. I got the marks finalised and praise God Isekel was still
there to help me email it off to Miss Roberts. However, she was ‘confused’ and
now that took the rest of the evening into a curious situation.
Had to speak
with Mis Patel for assistance and she said she would speak to admin for me. Miss,
“Maria” and I were back late in the staffroom. A man needed help making a box
bass Miss was entering marks and it was nice that “Maria” was enjoying her first
trial of using my mark book. She seemed to have less work to do with it and I
was happy that my creation was able to make life easier for another teacher as
the ideas were.
Daryl
Zion M. Ali
(8:30
am – 6:32 pm)
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