Last Week of Classes (Already!)
23 June, 2006. 12.48pm. Trnava, Slovakia.
This was the last week of classes at Obchodna Akademia (already!). On Tuesday final marks were submitted, and ever since teachers and students alike have been killing time (often playing cards, reading, or quietly chatting). The atmosphere is a little strange. Why students and teachers have to come to school after final marks have been submitted is beyond me, but that's the way things are done here. I suppose this was probably the case when I was a student as well, but I never knew about it. Here, the students know better than anyone when their marks are submitted and they lobby their teachers up until the last minute for the best possible mark. Rather than asking a month or two in advance about where they stand in terms of marks, students ask a day or two before. So rather than do extra work, or work harder, they simply do their best to be nice and beg for better marks! (This sometimes includes outright bribes, although nothing serious--I received strawberries and chocolate, but the students in question were in no danger of getting a poor mark anyway...). Next week I will go on a school trip with some students to the theatre on Monday, and from Tuesday to Thursday I will be in the High Tatras with the 1E class and two teachers. I've been told to prepare for no sleep.
And speaking of sleep, I've been suffering with a really annoying cold now for more than 2 weeks. It's the strangest thing. I can't recall ever being sick in June before--especially when the weather is 35 degrees outside! So I hope to lie low this weekend and be in tip-top shape for next week's activities....
This was the last week of classes at Obchodna Akademia (already!). On Tuesday final marks were submitted, and ever since teachers and students alike have been killing time (often playing cards, reading, or quietly chatting). The atmosphere is a little strange. Why students and teachers have to come to school after final marks have been submitted is beyond me, but that's the way things are done here. I suppose this was probably the case when I was a student as well, but I never knew about it. Here, the students know better than anyone when their marks are submitted and they lobby their teachers up until the last minute for the best possible mark. Rather than asking a month or two in advance about where they stand in terms of marks, students ask a day or two before. So rather than do extra work, or work harder, they simply do their best to be nice and beg for better marks! (This sometimes includes outright bribes, although nothing serious--I received strawberries and chocolate, but the students in question were in no danger of getting a poor mark anyway...). Next week I will go on a school trip with some students to the theatre on Monday, and from Tuesday to Thursday I will be in the High Tatras with the 1E class and two teachers. I've been told to prepare for no sleep.
And speaking of sleep, I've been suffering with a really annoying cold now for more than 2 weeks. It's the strangest thing. I can't recall ever being sick in June before--especially when the weather is 35 degrees outside! So I hope to lie low this weekend and be in tip-top shape for next week's activities....
posted by BFRE at 12:48 p.m.
1 Comments:
Wow, outright bribes, eh? Go figure that the people who least need to worry are the ones who worry the most, though!
I look forward to reading about your days in the Tatras (and I apologize if I mis-spelled that). I can't believe your school year is over either, and I'm not even living it!
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