Exams are upon us once again. While invigilating a two hour exam today, I calculated that our students will write a total of 8000 exam papers in the next couple weeks. That's more than 13 different exams per kid. Does that seem a little extravagant? I think so, especially since these exams, and the last set in April, don't actually mean anything (except increased sales of paper and red pens). They are just preparation for the end of year exams which, for some reason, start almost immediately after these mock exams finish.
There is some strange illness in our school hostel which seems to be having strange psychological and possibly psychosomatic effects on our girls. As a result, our kids are being sent home for four days. So, it's another quiet weekend at the school where we can safely take our puppies for a walk without having them distracted by hundreds of gawking kids who all ask if they can have one. The answer is no. We have decided that a six-year-old boy is not responsible enough to take one of our puppies. We are a little concerned about the rumours that people are planning to steal our puppies. They are highly visible in the town but we hope these are only idle threats from kids.
Chris
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