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It's been busy.
Apr. 10th, 2002 07:28 pmI'm gainfully employed, albeit temporarily.
I'm scoring the journal writing portions of the Grade 6 State of Ohio proficiency tests. It's mindnumbing, repetitive work, and if I weren't such a diehard grammarian, I'd probably have quit by now. The pay is good for Iowa City, however, so I figure I should stick around.
In Michigan, our proficiency tests are known as the MEAP, and my year (1993 grads) were the last batch of students who didn't have to have a certain percentage in order to graduate. I've been back to my old school, and I know that the curriculum has been dumbed down, because teachers have to take time to coach their students for the test. Many have had to alter their syllabi in order to make this time. In fact, whole weeks may be taken up by preparation for the test, which takes a week, IIRC. (Apparently, to the chagrin of several Ohio sixth graders, it takes a week in that state.)
Anyway. Reading some of these entries has heartened me, because out here in Iowa no one has heard of Cedar Point. To see so many children reference it in their sparse paragraphs warms me cockles. :)
In other news, my car has been rescued from the repossessors and the bank; I am the sole owner of a 1994 nameless Honda del Sol. However, I've acquired this car at a high price: I now owe one person $4000 . . . and I live with said person. Needless to say, it's a high-stress environment.
I'm scoring the journal writing portions of the Grade 6 State of Ohio proficiency tests. It's mindnumbing, repetitive work, and if I weren't such a diehard grammarian, I'd probably have quit by now. The pay is good for Iowa City, however, so I figure I should stick around.
In Michigan, our proficiency tests are known as the MEAP, and my year (1993 grads) were the last batch of students who didn't have to have a certain percentage in order to graduate. I've been back to my old school, and I know that the curriculum has been dumbed down, because teachers have to take time to coach their students for the test. Many have had to alter their syllabi in order to make this time. In fact, whole weeks may be taken up by preparation for the test, which takes a week, IIRC. (Apparently, to the chagrin of several Ohio sixth graders, it takes a week in that state.)
Anyway. Reading some of these entries has heartened me, because out here in Iowa no one has heard of Cedar Point. To see so many children reference it in their sparse paragraphs warms me cockles. :)
In other news, my car has been rescued from the repossessors and the bank; I am the sole owner of a 1994 nameless Honda del Sol. However, I've acquired this car at a high price: I now owe one person $4000 . . . and I live with said person. Needless to say, it's a high-stress environment.