If I’m able to write anything coherent, it will not be because I was inspired by my students.

Today was dedicated to marking final exams and almost to a student, the long writing sections were terrible. They either didn’t match the actual topic or they were too short or they were less than coherent. Students where were supposed to write conversations wrote essays instead, or they didn’t include any notation to indicate that speakers had been changed.

In fact, this test may have set a record for worst long writings in the history of long writings.

I spent most of the time counting words and/or writing word counts, “off-topic”, and “WTF? Really?” It has left me feeling surprisingly drained.

Tomorrow I get to enter forms and wrestle with my marks spread sheet. After that, I get to go so school and pick up two more batches of exams.

By this time next week, I may no longer be a native English speaker. Or, I won’t be able to write very well.