Why don't I talk about exactly what I'm doing at school? Well, here's a sample of what occupies me for an ENTIRE day.
All of the students' grades are recorded in several places. First of all, there is a "livro de turma", or classroom book, which contains their grades and personal information. Secondly, there are large pieces of paper called "pautas" which have every trimester and final grade for the year in each of the 10 subjects, for 50+ students. Behavior and transfers are noted as well as whether the student passes the year (a 50% pass rate is average for my school). For 10th grade, when they take the exams, their 8th and 9th grade marks must be put on the pautas as well. And everything is in triplicate, first written in pencil, then over again in pen. An average turma will have 50 students, each student with 10 disciplines, 4 marks for the year, the two previous year's marks, and the average over the three years (which can span a full decade, in reality), giving 70 grades, plus 3 behavior grades and the final result. 74 items per student times 50. Quick math gives me 3700 marks, once in pencil and once in pen, three times...
So it was discovered that there were errors in some of the pautas last week. This week, we have been rewriting them. Which involves reading everything off to someone writing, then confirming what was written down. It's downright mind-numbing.
Peace
John
