Do teachers in sec school usually mark homework?
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pinky:
To krazy,
My sympathies to you on your predicament. I have a relative who teaches
maths in a sec school and her weekends are burned marking papers, setting
questions, organising enrichment class etc for her students.
Once I saw a teacher marking Maths papers
in a MRT train and she was holding a huge stack on her lap.
So much work and so little time, sigh...
yeah..
i used to mark on trains too until i felt really uncomfortable with people looking down on my students' scripts. so i stopped. haha.
yeah, many of my colleagues do not have a life and they stay behind in sch till 8, 9 pm. its a never ending job. -
daisyt:
I feel that 40 students in a class is too big a group. Teachers also suffering when marking the papers. I personal feel that ideal is 20 but we are shortage of teachers and schools.
Random pick method, different kids have different mentality.
1st type is to think \"I won't be so lucky to get pick, so I anyhow do, anyway teachers don't mark all.\"
2nd type is prudent thinking \"What happen if I get pick, so I better do properly\"
3rd type is mature thinking \"I do it well is for my own benefit, its not a matter of whether teachers mark or don't\"
:lol:
daisyt
we need to mark every script. haha.. actually it depends on the sch and how the middle management wants to. cuz my hod, principal will check every file and book.
and everyone needs to hand in. even if not every book or file is scrutinized, even if picked randomly, teachers do get into trouble if the work is not done properly. so we chase students for all their work. for students who are in the top classes and are self motivated, the work will come in but for the tail end classes, lots of chasing and scolding. it can get so tiring cuz its not just books and files. we also have to collect forms and what not. -
Zann:
It has been one over month since my son starts sec school. He completes his homework everyday but the teachers have never seem to collect and mark them. Occasionally, they gone through once or twice in class. Do sec school teachers mark homework? While term 1 common test is approaching, parents would appreciate if you are kind to share the situation like to your sec 1 child, be it IP or non-IP school. Thanks.
Hi Zann,
Actually now I hardly check my son's homework. But I do see that most compulsory worksheets are marked. There are some so-called enrichment work sheets which the teacher will check regularly but not all students do them. Some are marked in class by the children when the teacher go through them.
And yes, there are some graded worksheets that need to be signed by parents. -
Some teachers. For example, the Maths and Science ones. Chinese teacher also not bad.
History, English teachers suck. They never returned my worksheet which I handed in in 2008 until now!! Grr, I think she ate them. Just a tip: don’t go NH, the teachers there are atrocious. History teachers also don’t teach us, just give us model essays to memorise even though History is supposed to be subjective. -
I'm currently in sec 1.
At first my form teacher marks my homework. But then my homework increase . Thus teacher dont mark alot now.
Every month the school gives us a worksheet. I'm still stressing whether to do or not do as teacher have not go through last month's worksheet... :idea: -
Serafiel:
Wow, hate nan hua alot hor, my friend in dunman comfirm suffer.Some teachers. For example, the Maths and Science ones. Chinese teacher also not bad.
History, English teachers suck. They never returned my worksheet which I handed in in 2008 until now!! Grr, I think she ate them. Just a tip: don't go NH, the teachers there are atrocious. History teachers also don't teach us, just give us model essays to memorise even though History is supposed to be subjective. -
krazy:
Agree with Krazy .... for some HODs, this is one of the basis for ranking of teachers in the dept.daisyt
we need to mark every script. haha.. actually it depends on the sch and how the middle management wants to. cuz my hod, principal will check every file and book.
and everyone needs to hand in. even if not every book or file is scrutinized, even if picked randomly, teachers do get into trouble if the work is not done properly. so we chase students for all their work. for students who are in the top classes and are self motivated, the work will come in but for the tail end classes, lots of chasing and scolding. it can get so tiring cuz its not just books and files. we also have to collect forms and what not.
Also, we had a quota of assignments to give to the pupils. These, we definitely had to return, get them to do corrections and re-mark again. Imagine, I am speaking from the perspective of a Lit/EL teacher who, at one point of time, had 2 Sec 4 EL classes, 2 Sec 4 Lit classes, 3 Sec 3 Lit classes and 3 Sec 2 Lit classes :!:
Ermmmm, as for chasing. I don't do that, never had the time. I negotiate a deal with them -
krazy:
An ex-teacher here.... totally understand what you are saying. Parents outside the education arena need to understand what teachers are going thru' Many still think that the teaching system has unevolved over the last 20 years. The solution to this is the same when you try to divide a number by zero in your calculator. Now we know why are there advertisements on the TV that ends with \"Thank you, Mrs Wee....\" hee hee....hey
i am a secondary sch teacher. and yes i mark. although i take forever to mark.
reason being:
1) i teach 3 EL classes of 40 kids each on top of other LIT classes. many of these kids esp the normal academic ones do not write well. and marking 40 scripts is like writing 40 essays of my own or else, the kids will not know how to do corrections.
2) daily classes can end as late as 3pm and there after, there are CCAs and a normal day can finish at 6pm. If there are no CCAs, there are meetings and tutorials and what nots. I leave the school at 6pm, but still no time to do marking because my time in the afternoons are taken up by other more urgent matters like meetings and tutorials, or attending courses.
Still I need to mark. So I sleep lesser, steal time away from my daughter, or hide somewhere to mark. nowadays, i try to mark while i wait for my girl to finish her enrichment classes. not many scripts can be done at one time, at most 6 / 7 in that one hour time frame.
so .. the marked scripts will come in. -
Sec Math Teacher here.
I wish I don’t have to mark HW siah.
I’m marking all the time. I’ll bring work out when I go for dinner, family gathering, doc’s appointments, etc. whenever I’m waiting, I’ll be marking.
I don’t mark most of my 1NT’s homework though cos mostly very straight forward, no need working kinda questions.
I will go thru’ the difficult questions in class and the students exchange their books to mark for each other (think they do that in primary school too). other easy questions, random students will be picked to come up to the board and present their answers. I’ll mark then the kids mark their friends’ books.
What I do have to mark for them is their weekly test paper. Yes, they have a test EVERY week. will give me feedback on their performance and quite enough marking for me liao. -
jiake:
You have to do.I'm currently in sec 1.
At first my form teacher marks my homework. But then my homework increase . Thus teacher dont mark alot now.
Every month the school gives us a worksheet. I'm still stressing whether to do or not do as teacher have not go through last month's worksheet... :idea:
discuss with your friends if u meet with any problem.
If ya friends also can't do, raise the problem in class or find your teacher after lesson time to clarify.
You should be responsible for your own learning.