I'm having the sudden urge to write something but my brain is not co-operating. May be i'm mentally exhausted marking my students' atrocious writings. When i was a student i never detested examinations. I know many of my friends hated me for saying this, but i have always believed exams are fun. But when it stretches to 2nd/3rd week i admit i slightly get annoyed. In fact during my university days i have always preferred tests to assignments. The reason is simple..you can plagiarize your assignments but examinations show what you really have got inside there.
Fast forward few years, now i detest examinations. My sole reason is it's boring. As a language teacher my marking is tedious compared to other subjects and i have to mark roughly 300 over scripts. But that's not the issue here though at times it could be:) I hate invigilating examinations. There is nothing mundane than invigilating. I don't know if anyone enjoys it. Silence makes me feel awkward, very conscious. I feel uncomfortable when there is pin drop silence around me. Silence is golden, huh? I feel so restless and bored when the class is so silent. In fact, during my teaching and learning i always make sure my class is not silent by encouraging them to make some 'good' noise. While there are people who feel calm and able to do soul-searching in silence, it brings adverse effect to me. My room is never quiet. There is always music in the room and it's only quiet when i'm in dreamland. The first thing i do when i wake up in the morning is on my laptop and play music. It elevates one's mood, i think.
The only time i wish for silence is when my house owner sings karaoke :) I think he has fixed a CCTV in my room cause his timing is sooo prefect. He sings when i'm having my snooze :(
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