Exam Fever
Now that the exams are almost over, it's time for the angels to celebrate and for the teachers to sob - 160 scripts x 2 (paper 1 and 2). I marked till about 4 am yesterday morning because the momentum was there.

Anyway, these few days have been a blast, simply because there was no teaching and the school was surprising silent, in comparison to the noise that they normally make.

Anyway, here's some various characteristics I observed about angels during the invilgilation process.

We have angels who are:

1) Speed demons - they simply blaze and breeze through the paper. They seem to know the answers to every question and sit at their tables impatiently, waiting for the teacher to say time's up. I believe that they must have checked like up to 25 times before they hand in their papers. Normally, they have this conceited and overconfident look, with the phrase "The paper is too easy for me" plastered all over their faces.

2) Staring at the ceiling or window, hoping for the answer to appear out of thin air - Obviously these angels are hoping that the ceiling or windows can give them some answers. They probably studied at the last minuteand can only recall certain information.

Sorry, this only happens in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Plus, the element of the magic talking mirror is not there. Enough said!

3) Checking till the last minute aka The Perfectionists - Heard of The Incredibles? Well, these people scrutinise every word used in the question and check every piece of answer in the minute detail. These angels are commonly mistaken for Sherlock Holmes in action and commonly termed by others as "Kiasu" (cannot afford to lose). To them, a mark probably means the world to them.

Don't get mistaken, I always encourage angels to check till the last minute. Don't believe, ask 2E7.

4) The leg-shakers - Having finished their papers, they simply sit down at their tables and, yes, you guessed it - shake their trotters. Almost oblivious to the teacher's repeated advice to check their work, they continue their leg-shaking action.

Haha...I'm not trying to be evil here, but guess who will have the last laugh? Ahem *clears throat*

5) Unable to do but unwilling to give up without a fight - These angels have the never-say-die spirit. Even when they cannot answer like 99.9% of their questions, they will try to answer the remaining 0.01%, hoping that lady luck will bestow the with the correct guesses on the rest of the questions.

6) Totally about to give up - Looking at their anguished faces, you'll probably think even if you give these angels another 200 minutes, there would be no difference in their answers. *Sigh*

Ok, I'm back to marking after a major binge at Sakura, Safra Tampines.

- posted by NaNa @ 2:17 AM