I go through various stages of:
teach
When I’m marking ISU Essays
When a student has greatly improved:
When a student clearly hasn’t read the overly detailed comments on their last essay:
When a student has obviously pulled something together at the last minute:
When a student doesn’t even submit their essay or any rough notes:
When I get an email of appreciation and thanks from a parent
When I get out of bed/off the couch and attempt to mark
When it’s the day after the last day of the hectic four weeks of summer school
Happy to be done, but I should be marking, so my day is like:
When my students ask too many questions
I’m like:
When it’s the last day of summer school
While I’m driving to work:
While the students are writing their exams:
When all the students leave:
When I’m packing up to leave the school:
When I realize all of the marking I have to do:
While I’m marking:
When I finish marking:
When I enter all report cards and submit exams:
When it’s all over:
When I realize I have to wait a whole year to do it all over again:
When students don’t understand a task that we have done multiple times before
When I’ve been marking all night
When I’ve been helping students with their crappy essays all day
Teaching In Real Life 