Finals began today and the first final on the schedule was
mathematics which means that I am currently writing this blog mainly in order
to avoid all of the grading that I have to do.
Here is how finals go in Kafule. Two
weeks before the exams are given a copy of the test is due from the teachers to
Neema, the school secretary. Over the
next week Neema types up all of the exams on the school typewriter. They are then returned to the teachers for
editing. After the teachers have read
through their exams, Neema gets to work on the schools prized copy machine. And I really do mean she gets to work; the
copier has a hand crank and a foot peddle and everything. Then the students take the exams, the
teachers grade the exams and then we fill out (by hand) report cards (or parent’s
reports as they are called here). It is
quite a process and I think it is about time I get back to work.
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