About my school

Well, I actually got to do some work today. I filled out report cards for the entire school. The results are kind of baffling. Here is what I have discerned so far: It is a 100 point system and the tests are alot like ours in the states. No one ever gets above a 80. Therefore, an A is approximately a 70 or higher. B = approximately a 60 - 70, C = 50-60, D = 30-50 and anything below that is an F. Although depending on who you ask a D is also failing. I would estimate that that includes about 80% of the private school. The highest grade I have seen is a 79. The kid is apparently like a rock star. I tend to think that something is wrong if the kid who is like a rock star is unable to get at least a 90. I think most of the teachers have given up. They are not interested in accomodating their students (and I can understand that to a degree). I thought that there was a bell curve...but apparently not. Instead of a bell curve there is just a really really big range of possible scores that constitute an A despite the fact that average is probably about a 30. Therefore, the average is failing. Rarely do the 2 primary exam grades equal 100 when added together.

This brings us to the question, so what happens when you fail an exam? Well....nothing really. You don't retake the course or the exam. You just REALLY won't get into university.

Do note though that I am teaching in a private school. I think governemnt schools are very different.

Tomorrow I get to teach my one class of reading aloud.