St. George’s College (Week #23) – Day #101

Date for Entry: (Wednesday 15th March 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 18th March 2023)

[T2, W:11 – D:47*].

**Pillow Design Sketch – “God’s Love”

Dear Diary,

    I saw Miss Gittens earlier this morning walking into the office. We had a review of the Form 1 Visual Arts exam. We needed some more questions to come up with 100%. I also got a pillow casing in turquoise that I wanted.

    I was added to an art therapy group and the pill casing designs were my first project. We had to come up with a design based on the theme of love. I saw a picture of Miss Mary smiling at me and I had my idea. I did not draw out my idea because I knew it would have been too much work to do on that Saturday 11th day of March ‘in the other hot Sun’.

    I went to the ‘Music Room’ for the Form 2 class. It was one of my favourites, 2F. I learned that they were supposed to be taught by Miss Paul. I would have to side with the students when they said that they had no teaching at all for Form 1. I was also hearing Miss Roberts in the classroom reviewing Grade 2 Time Signatures and the students were struggling. I could tell that the exam I whipped up in two nights would be difficult for them.

    When the class was over; Ms Noel came to do her makeup exam. It was the test on rests and she did well. I took the time to work on my pillow casing design in pencil. There was a lot of text from the bible scripture I found for the design. I was worried that pace would be the issue but thankfully the space was exact.

    I took it back to show Miss as soon as I was over and she was glad. We had more review on Multiple choice questions for the Form 2 Visual Arts exam. I left for the office because some students were coming for the make-up exam. We had it in the library because there was no other place to go. I also had a good study on notes, rest and dots with notes and rests. He did the rest exam during periods seven and eight. I gave him some work to start on in the booklet that I made for them.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:39 am – 4:08 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #23) – Day #100

Date for Entry: (Tuesday 14th March 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 18th March 2023)

[T2, W:11 – D:46*].

Dear Diary,

    Late with one Georgian student in the maxi. It was the first front seat in a long while from ‘Arthur’ and I was very afraid. I had breakfast quickly in time for class. There were a lot of difficulties with the coldness in the office today and the cold. I had 1L marks transferred while our girls from 1L sat in the waiting area to see the Vice Principal.

    I had to do another day with the Form 5s because their in-class marking was going to be done today instead. It was another day of struggling in that cold room. I worked with them alone until Miss Roberts could show up at lunchtime.

    I got ‘Jayvon’ to open the music room for me. Mis Roberts was late. She was coming to do a performance assessment of a group arrangement done by the Form 5 students before lunchtime. We all spent the entire morning going through the piece.

    I had individual sessions with each of the five students. The Tenor pan girl was late and she had a lot of work to do for her part. I worked with her for some time and the other girl on double tenor. There was an issue with dotted crochet to quaver rhythmic patterns.

    I taught the five students how a conductor would signal courts of three but reminded them that during the actual exam, they would not have one. Several attempts were made. We did this practice in small selections of bars chosen by me to assist the girl on the tenor pan and the girl on the double tenor pan. I also had to demonstrate how rolling on notes had to be done to four of the students.

    During lunchtime, I had to send back some of the students to do the rest makeup exam. The assessment was about to begin. Miss Roberts showed me what the mark sheet looked like and I tried to make some of them separate from what Miss Roberts did on her sheet of paper.

    As I got back into the office, I met with Ms St. Louis and she said that during lunchtime someone had a birthday cake in class and the students covered each other’s faces. It took up all of the seventh period. In the short remaining thirty-five minutes, I was too sick to teach. I still reviewed stem directions with 1F and could not do the Lip-Sing assignment again.  

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

Today: (7:51 am – 3:32 pm)

Yesterday (Day #99): (7:42 am – 4:16 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #22) – Day #98

Date for Entry: (Thursday 09 March 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Sunday 19 March 2023)

[T2, W:10 – D:45*].

Dear Diary,

    Dr Blandin was in the front seat and 4 Georgian students sat in the back with me. Bookbag was really heavy that morning. Assembly still went very late. I had to prepare for the notes and values exam with 1L this morning for the first two periods.

    There were many students from 1F in the office with their parents for some matter I did not know about. A lot of teachers were also late. I had two Lip-Sing assignments done right after the exam in the second period. Both of them were duets and they were not ready but glad they got some points apart from zero.

    I sat in the waiting area and Uncle Ram came to pick me up with Aunty Annmarie, Aunty Christine and Joshua. They taught me how to play rummy a little.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:53 am – 3:15 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #22) – Day #97

 Date for Entry: (Wednesday 8 March 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Sunday 19 March 2023)

[T2, W:10 – D:44 *].

Dear Diary,

    I was very late today. Still, in a zombie mood, I lashed my toe straight into a piece of steel and it burned. Every step I made was so painful. Time was not enough to do the Lip singing assignment with 1L. There was no sign of Miss Roberts today and I did not go to her Form 2 or 3 classes.

    While having breakfast I heard Kiel and Ezekiel pretending to speak American while doing their work in the office area. I decided to go to the Block C staffroom until lunchtime to grade papers. I enjoyed doing this a lot. I spent the double period grading and transferring marks into my mark sheet.

    I had a nice prayer and chat with Miss Mary. The hurt that Kerry had done to me this weekend gone was still affecting me. Even walking during the day was not an easy job. I walked out with Miss Briggs, Kiel and Crystal. Luckily a maxi came driving up and we had to wave for it to stop for us. That was the fastest for the day I had moved when we had to run to the road to get in.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(8:28 am – 3:03 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #22) – Day #96

Date for Entry: (Tuesday 7 March 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Sunday 19 March 2023)

[T2, W:10 – D:43 *].

Dear Diary,

    Came down to school with one nice Georgian. I still felt early although assembly had been called. I had my Lip-Sing Assignment marks transferred. Miss Roberts is to arrive in the office at 9:21 for her class during the third and fourth. Miss Chote came to ask me about the attendance and Punctuality form but I did not have the time to get it done yesterday. Sometime after recess, it was printed and she took it with a smile going into her office.

    During the fifth and sixth periods, I had some time spent with Miss Roberts going through the format of an SBA. I went back to my desk the Form 6 students came in late for their class and awaited the 1 student to do their makeup exam. I spent the seventh and eighth periods working on exams for the Form 2 students.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:52 am – 3:46 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #22) – Day #95

Date for Entry: (Monday 6 March 2023)

[T2, W:10 – D:42*].

Dear Diary,

    I came down in the maxi with Miss Briggs and Sadie with a parent in front of me. I had my pie quickly and went to take attendance before trying to fix the St. George’s Attendance and Regularity form for Miss Chote to use. She gave me about six pieces of information that she would need to use for submission to the Ministry of Education at the end of the month.

    It took me two and a half hours to fix the document on my laptop. Miss Chote was happy with it. I had some issues with lines in the table to fix and send to print. I did not remember to make a proper copy for myself. I was left with an accidentally made copy on letter paper.

    During lunchtime, ‘Kiesha’ came to do her Lip-Sing performance. She did not feel comfortable doing it. She said, “Sir, My mother said that you should just give me zero and be done after all the time that passed.” I understood but I still gave her the chance. Surprisingly, she said the classroom was empty at lunchtime and we had the performance marked in there along with six other students to compose the ‘audience’ required.

    After lunch, I had my first trial run with the notes exam with 1F. Everyone was finished by the end of the seventh period. I had three more Lip-Sing performances done during the final period. At 2:25 the exam papers were distributed and that was the end of school.

Link(s):

• Image of Form 1 Final Exam - Term 2 (2022-2023).

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:53 am – 3:32 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #21) – Day #94

 Date for Entry: (Friday 03 March 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 04 March 2023)

[T2, W:9 – D:41*].

Dear Diary,

    Today I came to Valsayn with ‘Whistle’ and ‘Shinny’. There were a lot of exam papers all over the admin office to be collected. They had run out of space to put the papers. I had breakfast and opened the music room because for the Form 5s. I carried my bags in there because there was religious instruction that morning and tried to get some work done. Everyone was late and Miss Roberts came into the music room very late. The Form 5s came later too. I saw the grin on her face with the message.

    Two Form 5s words with me on their advertisement SBAs and I had to show them how to figure out the key, and chords and guided them on progression. I did not stay for periods five and six. I went over to Block K to meet Miss Joanne. She asked me for help with stapling her Paper 1 and 2 Information Technology exam. I got a cookie place from Mrs Ramsingh. They had a party in one of the Form 6 classrooms.

    As soon as I got back to the office, I met with Miss Chote and we spoke about the Attendance Form she wanted me to amend. I was now able to learn about some types of leave that the Ministry of Education would have wanted the school to submit. I got to ask questions about the deadline for marks and I was told that it would be by the first Friday of Term 3. She understood when I told her my immediate personal deadline and agreed to the wish to get everything completed before Term 2 was finished to start afresh in the last term.

    My request was not possible to have the Monday and Tuesday of the last week. She told me to see if I can complete them in the time that I had. I felt the office knowing it would never be enough to pull all that work in two weeks’ time. I will have to find a better strategy to work around all of that. I had a nice visit from ‘Mr. Bucks’ to do his makeup exam. He did well and got it back when class was over. There were four performances done in 1L that evening. I had a private group study in the class while we waited for school to end.

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:44 am – 3:41 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #21) – Day #93

 Date for Entry: (Thursday 02nd February 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 04 March 2023)

 [T2, W:9 - D:40*].

Dear Diary,

    Two Georgians are to go down to Valsayn this morning. A new security lady was there and arguing loudly with another man. The ‘Ms. Gloria’ sat on her chair powerless and waiting for it all to finish. I stood in shock at my entrance to the compound but continued walking on.

    I had breakfast during assembly because I had a class with 1M that morning. We had good participation with students and they seemed to enjoy themselves. All the children were out of class going to get dressed. I was glad because it allowed us more time. Now there is a tie for the highest score with 31 marks. One boy did not do his introduction. Sadly, I was busy trying to get the marking done that I forgot to send out the attendance receipt. It was not returned to me. Miss Jones took the class to her room to do a test with them.

    I used the washroom and went to the library at two minutes past eleven for the staff meeting. Miss Chote came and when Miss Solomon and I were talking about the Express Article on the ‘repairs’ a St. Georges. I signed the book and as everyone came rushing in, the Principal had someone start with prayer.

    Only minutes after a sort of announcement, I was kicked out of the meeting by the Principal and sent to supervise a Lower Six POA exam for both periods. It was too long to wait and I did not get the information I wanted to find out. Miss Sookhan walked me over to the classroom across the campus to Block K. It seemed to be a balance sheet question the students were working on. I had to stop them when I realised that we went five minutes through lunchtime.

    The rest of the evening was not easy to go through. I sat on a bench and did some factorization and matrices that I found from a Form 5 mathematics paper. It was fun. Only one factorization question is hard to do. I sat under the hot tent to do some lesson planning. Saw some of the Form 1s that said they would come or help but they walked past me. I could see the issue with forgetfulness. 

After lunch, Miss Roberts met me in the corridor and told me that in the staff meeting, she was asked if I was working with her in the music room. I had a feeling that more went on in that meeting I was ‘not supposed’ to know. Looking forward to a potential meeting on that to get me in trouble if there ever will be one.

Link(s):

• Email for Staff Meeting (Picture). [Permit Not Granted]

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:40 am – 3:42 pm)

St. George’s College (Week #21) – Day #92

Date of Entry: (Wednesday 01 March 2023)

Actual Date of Online Entry: (Saturday 04 March 2023)

[T2, W:9 - D:39*]

Dear Diary,

    There was a clear ride in Maxi this morning. No Georgian to come. I had had time for breakfast before going to 1L. There were two performances alone. By ‘Emily’ and Anthony. There was three Form 1s from 1L for essay writing and two girls in the same class in trouble for skipping three periods. We had a surprise from a parent in the class about their behaviour. Students were asked to write an apology letter.

    I went back to the office to do the attendance first before tallying the slips and entering them into my mark sheet. I had my attendance receipts printed and shared some with the Librarian for when they have classes there. Today was the stapling for the science exams and mock tests. I had stapling done for 220 exam scripts. One of the teachers had made herself known as the staple queen. I eft or lunchtime because I was expecting ‘Mr. Bucks’ to do his make up exam but he didn’t come.

    Later that evening after lunch I had 1F and they had a wonderful number of students coming to do their Lip-Sing performances. While the long wait for the bus proceeded, I took the time and entered the marks from their slip after doing the final tally.

Link(s):

• Apology Letter. **

 

Daryl Zion M. Ali

(7:45 am – 3:33 pm)