Proctoring Mid-Terms
Posted by Stuart at 06:51 PM on February 18, 2003Today was the first day of mid-terms at the University. As a full-time instructor, I have to proctor one or two 3 hour exams every day. It was quite an experience made up of thirty minutes of confusion and 4.5 hours of boredom.
The confusion came from the plethora of rules to insure that there was no cheating on the exams: assigned seating, multiple copies of exams, checking IDs, no students allowed in after one hour, no students allowed out until one hour, turn in the multiple choice but leave the essay questions on the desk...
The rest of the time was utter boredom. I passed the time by studying Thai and drawing wireframes for how I want the next version of my website to look. (What a geek!)
The good news from all of this is that I actually don't have to proctor any more exams this week. Starting tomorrow I will be training on a Hotel Reservation software package that the school just bought. Chances are good that I will be teaching students how to use it this Fall.
Not 4.5 hours straight through. It was two exams, one 3 hours and one 2 hours.
I have always thought that journals are a great idea. For me, writing is a good way to organize my thoughts and to help remember the day-to-day details about where I have been and what I have seen and felt.
I think everyone should have one, online or on-paper -- so good luck with yours!
Each exam is 4.5 hours? If so . . . mmaaahhhnnn, and I thought sitting for the SAT and ACT and GRE and IB exams were bad -- and those have occurred through the last 12 years, not in one semester and definitely not for mid-terms no less.
I'm ready for another Thai lesson!!
You are inspiring me to start a journal. An exercise one (okay, SG, you can pick yourself up off of the floor now. hehehe) and some sort of a journal chronicaling not only my daily life, but also stories that I hear, or stories that I make up, or interactions that I observe between people and putting it down on paper, personal thoughts about life and love and experiences, etc.
So, thank you!!
Love you!!