Yeah, I never understood in chem classes why it was OK if we were averaging like, 60%, and that was expected. Cause really, shouldn't we be focusing on actually LEARNING the shit? But nooooo....
I intend, as a teacher, if I can possibly pull it off, to plan my tests around a 50% goal average.
Yes: 50%. In high school.
Why? Because, based on experience, undertesting is much worse than overtesting. That is: if I plan a test so hard that 50% is average, I can get a good sense of not only who's really BAD at it (with acceptance for such variables as carelessness), but also who's really GOOD. So good they may know even more than I actually taught. Thus, the 50% goal. Nice in a math class.
Of course, the kids will be aware of this before they begin. And also that I'll be upping the scores as necessary: 50% will be whatever my school considers "average" (a B? a B-? a C? I think it depends on the school.)
I... am not sure why I just went off on that. I came here to say: Whoo! I am done with 2 of my 5 classes! Tomorrow I will finish a third (the easiest, though, so no big deal)! My hardest one is over on Monday, and I'm done completely in a week, but that's not stopping me from celebrating now!
Also, I am drunk.
I spell good for a drunk guy, huh?
Once, I had an entire conversation with my mother so blitzed that I didn't remember it (or, rather, the contents - I knew I had the conversation itself, luckily) the next day. I spelled everything right. When I read the log, I sounded sober even to myself. Except that I told her about my tongue piercing. Which, really, I needed to do anyway before I went home, so bravo drunk me!
I may have been more talkative than usual. Like... now.
Also, guys, I... am really, seriously, painfully in love. It kind of hurts, in that good way. I mean, I go out drinking when she's studying and, after an hour or so, it loses its luster. She's not there. What's the point? But I can watch her stress out over a final for hours, and never get bored. So. Weird. But good. I dunno.
Who knows a good fairly left-wing (for them) Orthodox Rabbi in NYC I could get in touch with, y'know?