Nine o one! Oh it’s gone!
I will keep this as short as possible in order to conserve (my) time. So, today was the STAR math and science, both of which I thought was extremely easy. I was quite confident others felt the same, and that we would achieve our desired goal.
That is, until I saw people getting up within ten minutes of the end of lunch to turn in their test - the science portion. They either drew pictures, or bubbled Cs all throughout - and Mr. Woytek (whose room I took the test in) did not mind. He actually seemed to endorse it, telling us - the only good students (apparently): “Hurry up you three. I want to go home too. … I could care less about that goal.”
This all was caused by Mr. Woytek telling our class, right after today’s lunch ended, that “once you finish, you may leave.” That statement ruined it all; it gave people no incentive to stay any further and take the test seriously. Apparently he feels confident that he will not be affected should the school see its science STAR scores; he explained to us that very few physics teachers are qualified and experienced, and he is one of those few.
Does he want the district to see the scores, and decide to fire Monsees? Perhaps he wants the district to respond to the devastating scores by cancelling the online physics course, which he believes to be ineffective in teaching a class. Funny, since from what I heard, he hardly teaches either; instead, he relies on “silent, sustained reading.”
Perhaps only three - maybe four - people took the science section seriously: me, Jeffrey, Tiffany and maybe Patrick (Rohan tried, but I bet he got lower than those who bubbled in all Cs). Sure, it’s unlikely that those who blew the test would have done any better if they took more time, but there was still that chance, the chance that maybe a couple of them had the brains to take on a few simple chemistry, biology, or physics problems.
What do you notice about the people whose names I pointed out?
Do they sound Asian to you?
They should, because they are. (EDIT: I admit, the names don’t SOUND asian…)
But I found it funny how Woytek went through each formula and variable in our formula sheet (for physics) and explained what each meant. I took the chemistry STAR though, which I think was great for me and the school. I took chemistry last year, and this, so I have a pretty good advantage. Anyway, It is somewhat discouraging to note that a few minutes after Woytek gave the physics test-takers a lecture, all but those I named either left, or were about to leave. What a waste, eh? (Where’s woo when we need him? — nice alliteration eh?)
So, what about your testing classes? Does this situation I described resemble that in your room?