Official Start Time: 10:00 p.m.
Date: 6/10/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.
Today was the first day of finals and I’m a little shaky. It didn’t go bad but I wish I did better. I guess I’ll have to wait till report cards come to be sure.
So period 1 I had my culinary arts final and that was bad. I couldn’t remember certain parts of the exam and feared that it would cost me too many points. In no way do I think I failed but I really need a 90 or higher if I want to keep my standards up.
Period 2 I had Walker (I’m sorry Ms. Walker) and we had to present our final projects as our final. For Ms. Walker’s class, I wanted to re-write the 1st marking period syllabus so that it would give students more help in developing their writing skills. However, I guess that pissed Ms. Walker off seeing as I basically told her she did a shitty job (and I don’t take it back). In the end, I was stuck with creating a manual/presentation/guide as to how to write an essay for the AP Exam.
My presentation wasn’t bad but seeing as I only had 8 minutes I didn’t have much time to go into as much detail as I would have intended and basically had to rush through the whole presentation. Ms. Walker only had a few things to say after I finished and I really didn’t care because I already knew my grade wasn’t gonna be spectacular.
After everyone finished presenting we got back our grades and you could see the shock on people’s faces. For instance, one student brought Ms. Walker cake and basically devoted her presentation to Ms. Walker’s greatness and still got an 80. I lost points on things that weren’t even part of the presentation. Somehow doing my rubric properly and on time makes cost me 5 points since apparently it was done at 5:00 a.m. (wtf)
Anyways, most of the guys got 80s and were robbed of points that weren’t even on the rubric. After a while it basically got to the point where why did she even make us create the rubrics when she wasn’t even gonna use them to grade us. I did however notice that the students who did very well were the presentations she could show to new coming students for the AP English Language and Composition course. I doubt anyone will want to do it knowing Walker (yeah I said it) is teaching it.
GOD!
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 6/10/09
Official End Time: 11:00 p.m.
Today was the first day of finals and I’m a little shaky. It didn’t go bad but I wish I did better. I guess I’ll have to wait till report cards come to be sure.
So period 1 I had my culinary arts final and that was bad. I couldn’t remember certain parts of the exam and feared that it would cost me too many points. In no way do I think I failed but I really need a 90 or higher if I want to keep my standards up.
Period 2 I had Walker (I’m sorry Ms. Walker) and we had to present our final projects as our final. For Ms. Walker’s class, I wanted to re-write the 1st marking period syllabus so that it would give students more help in developing their writing skills. However, I guess that pissed Ms. Walker off seeing as I basically told her she did a shitty job (and I don’t take it back). In the end, I was stuck with creating a manual/presentation/guide as to how to write an essay for the AP Exam.
My presentation wasn’t bad but seeing as I only had 8 minutes I didn’t have much time to go into as much detail as I would have intended and basically had to rush through the whole presentation. Ms. Walker only had a few things to say after I finished and I really didn’t care because I already knew my grade wasn’t gonna be spectacular.
After everyone finished presenting we got back our grades and you could see the shock on people’s faces. For instance, one student brought Ms. Walker cake and basically devoted her presentation to Ms. Walker’s greatness and still got an 80. I lost points on things that weren’t even part of the presentation. Somehow doing my rubric properly and on time makes cost me 5 points since apparently it was done at 5:00 a.m. (wtf)
Anyways, most of the guys got 80s and were robbed of points that weren’t even on the rubric. After a while it basically got to the point where why did she even make us create the rubrics when she wasn’t even gonna use them to grade us. I did however notice that the students who did very well were the presentations she could show to new coming students for the AP English Language and Composition course. I doubt anyone will want to do it knowing Walker (yeah I said it) is teaching it.
GOD!
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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