tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post8297437499595745073..comments2023-11-02T08:36:48.061-07:00Comments on On Another Planet: InvigilatingBevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676624646066417262noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-39905496461475139882007-11-21T14:56:00.000-08:002007-11-21T14:56:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292890049307075643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-9227715060328210062007-11-20T14:32:00.000-08:002007-11-20T14:32:00.000-08:00Despite the governments assurances to the contrary...Despite the governments assurances to the contrary, I can assure you that GCSE papers are much easier than O level. A levels are still pretty good (mostly), but their days are numbered and there are smaller but significant changes next year that are worrying. One A level Biology unit is going to be called "Drugs can alter your perception of the environment2. No S+£t Sherlock!<BR/><BR/>And for the record, ignore her modesty, Bev is extremely intelligent, which is evident from her entertaining prose. :-)Bezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292890049307075643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-46156292063977820982007-11-17T10:11:00.000-08:002007-11-17T10:11:00.000-08:00Sandollar, I am very curious what Merriam-Webster ...Sandollar, I am very curious what Merriam-Webster had to say, but I can't find her lol Nevermind, I will keep looking...Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676624646066417262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-45764220668073618632007-11-17T07:07:00.000-08:002007-11-17T07:07:00.000-08:00Sooo...the kids don't get their exams in class? Wh...Sooo...the kids don't get their exams in class? <BR/><BR/>What a riot teenagers are! I'm giving a class on the Constitution for 3 teenage boys, and they keep me in stitches!Arizona Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16125951765328081394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-42779413400089436912007-11-17T00:52:00.000-08:002007-11-17T00:52:00.000-08:00Diane, it's not that I am particularly clever, it'...Diane, it's not that I am particularly clever, it's that some of these exams papers are very easy. Take 'Food Technology', where some of the questions deal with washing vegetables. I would argue that it would take only a modicum of common sense to sit papers like these!<BR/><BR/>There have been some arguments in the British press as to whether the exam system is dumbing down. On the evidence of some of the papers I have read, I would say it is. Even the more academic subjects such as English have less stringent papers than the ones,say, twenty years ago.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676624646066417262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-58690269769536149062007-11-16T19:25:00.000-08:002007-11-16T19:25:00.000-08:00At first I thought you might be invigorated, but n...At first I thought you might be invigorated, but now I see not. he he. Was the blank paper just to get the invigilator's goat? Or maybe he was just wishing the answer would suddenly appear. Your stories are just too funny Beverly. I love reading stuff like this.Bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568090556772960446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-41260246667422063572007-11-16T17:59:00.000-08:002007-11-16T17:59:00.000-08:00invigilator? I learned something new today...from ...invigilator? I learned something new today...from your blog and Merriam-Webster!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-62258834772166610702007-11-16T17:23:00.000-08:002007-11-16T17:23:00.000-08:00Hi Beverly,Thanks for this window into your life!!...Hi Beverly,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this window into your life!! Very entertaining.<BR/><BR/>You must be smart ... I figured today I would fail their tests even though I used to do well.<BR/><BR/>~ Diane Clancy<BR/><A HREF="http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog" REL="nofollow" TITLE="www.dianeclancy.com/blog">www.dianeclancy.com/blog</A>dianeclancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301132196679250501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-61698484044186274802007-11-16T12:58:00.000-08:002007-11-16T12:58:00.000-08:00thanks for visiting my life w hashi blog. not many...thanks for visiting my life w hashi blog. not many visit that one lol but wow..invigilating. i don't think we have that here. not at least while i was in school lolPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365631315923740004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1600695197888473919.post-38923556161335777222007-11-16T04:46:00.000-08:002007-11-16T04:46:00.000-08:00I'm imagining you with a big silver star badge pin...I'm imagining you with a big silver star badge pinned to your chest... funny! <BR/><BR/>I laughed out loud when I read about the flurry of paper-handing-out causing Invigilator anxiety and about the girl who thought the Invigilator should speak Spanish, in spite of the fact that SHE was the one who had the course.<BR/><BR/>And what was the deal with the blank piece of paper? Did the kid write it in invisible ink and have x-ray vision or something?Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693378720453372676noreply@blogger.com