Mid-year exam: diary of an invigilator.

Dear Diary,

To start off, how often do you get an absentee during exam? Two days in a row? Anyway, please take good care of yourselves. Really not a time to fall sick having been so consistent for the rest of the year.

There are two papers today, First Math paper 1 and next History. It was good that the OM was allowed to open the classroom early. It was even better when she took the broom and sweep the classroom on her own initiative. Good start.

As the class streamed in, instruction was given to put their belongings in front. Then it happened, it sounded like breaking of glass and when I looked, someone's water bottle broke. Water spilled to the person in front. That was one litre of water I heard someone commented. Sent the Victim out to "help herself". She returned with toilet paper... not quite enough. Hero desperately needed... hero responded! Came back with a mop. Guilty helped Victim mop, Invigilator couldn't bear to stand and watch, took the mop and mop anyhow, ask Victim to bear with it a little while.
(Here comes the best part)
Start paper!
Hero raised hand (now what??)
"Mr Gan, I have no paper." *fainted*

Invigilate.... circulate point to point... look at questions... look at answers... feeling mighty good to be invigilating... you should try this next time lol. Took some blutack off the wall and knead into a duck. Left it with OM (thanks for sweeping the class).

Next, History. Had problem writing on the board with all the bags getting in the way. Next time please leave a space in the middle (alternatively I can use those bags as my footstool... step on them to reach higher. heehee)

Irritated!! the clicking sound of correction tape. Somemore it was not
*click click click*
but
*click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click**click click click*
now, this is too much.

I sometimes wonder how could you spend so much time writing something that you don't want and spend equal amount of time deleting them.

You know who you are... next time think and organise in your mind before writing. Spend your time wisely.

At the very least, I hope you see the logic behind banning correction fluid nothing is mentioned about correction tape but I think the same rule applies. Your attitude should be that of carefully and purposefully writing all your answers. Rushing leads to wrong and untidy answers together with poor handwriting. I mean, no point writing so much if the handwriting cannot be read in the first place.

Invigilator.