Teachers' Strike: Is your kids' school on strike today?

Person_one

poet123 wrote: »

OMAM is such a staple, and boring!!

Its only boring to the teachers because its a staple, its new to the kids and pretty fantastic.

That's a good argument for rotating the texts though, you don't want the teachers to be so bored of something as great as OMAM that they lose enthusiasm for teaching it.

poet123

Person_one wrote: »

Its only boring to the teachers because its a staple, its new to the kids and pretty fantastic.

That's a good argument for rotating the texts though, you don't want the teachers to be so bored of something as great as OMAM that they lose enthusiasm for teaching it.

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You are right. It is a fantastic book, and even hardened English teachers think that. I have just asked my son what he thinks of it, and he looked at me in amazement when I said I thought it was boring. It is not my type of novel, but then, I don't teach it.:)

ViolaLass

I hate the idea of someone else doing my marking for me. It's my way of understanding where the kids are, how they can improve, communicating with them, seeing what I'm getting right/wrong, where I can improve...

It's part of my relationship with them.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

ViolaLass wrote: »

I hate the idea of someone else doing my marking for me. It's my way of understanding where the kids are, how they can improve, communicating with them, seeing what I'm getting right/wrong, where I can improve...

It's part of my relationship with them.

But, if that poster's suggestion were to be implemented, you'd be able to give it to the admin person to do, as she only has unskilled jobs to do (and presumably lots of spare time).

What could possibly go wrong?

ViolaLass

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

But, if that poster's suggestion were to be implemented, you'd be able to give it to the admin person to do, as she only has unskilled jobs to do (and presumably lots of spare time).

What could possibly go wrong?

The same admin person, of course, wasn't in the classroom with them, won't know what was said to them during the lesson, may not know things personal to that pupil and so on.

I have different expectations for each of my students. They may not be wildly different but the differences are important so that those who need stretching, are, and those who need careful encouragement so that they don't switch off (which some will if criticised in the wrong way) get it.

Exams are blunt enough. I'd hate to extend that to all marking.

tibawo

I like the debates going round over the holiday fines. Some people don't seem to get that it is not the schools that set these fines.

Caroline_a

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

But, if that poster's suggestion were to be implemented, you'd be able to give it to the admin person to do, as she only has unskilled jobs to do (and presumably lots of spare time).

What could possibly go wrong?

The same admin person, of course, wasn't in the classroom with them, won't know what was said to them during the lesson, may not know things personal to that pupil and so on.

I have different expectations for each of my students. They may not be wildly different but the differences are important so that those who need stretching, are, and those who need careful encouragement so that they don't switch off (which some will if criticised in the wrong way) get it.

Exams are blunt enough. I'd hate to extend that to all marking.

Oh the irony... :rotfl:

pollypenny

daisiegg wrote: »

Did you honestly not do OMAM at GCSE most years? Must have been one of the only schools in the country that didn't if so! Among other things, of course, but I am given to understand by older colleagues that it had been pretty constant for decades! Also, budgets come into it. I didn't really want to do An Inspector Calls with my top set Y11 this year as I felt it was not challenging enough for them....but we had no money to buy a set of a new play.

OMAM was on most years, not all, but I would never chose to do it every year. I came back to it after a gap, about three years, usually. It WAC a big school, with 10 GCSE groups, so we always had enough texts for a rota.

The only two books I have taught every year that they western on were 'Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve', at GCSE and 'Remains of the Day', A-level.

poet123

Caroline_a wrote: »

Oh the irony... :rotfl:

I am missing your point could you explain please?

pollypenny

poet123 wrote: »

OMAM is such a staple, and boring!!

Never boring! I have had Y11 pupils crying during the closing section, the reading of which I hogged myself.

The chief examiner told me that, although short, it gets the best out of pupils of all abilities. The structure and language are so beautiful that clever ones can show their analytical skills, while less able pupils respond to character and relationships very well.