| school year 2008 |
 school year 2008
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Jan. 18th, 2008 @ 11:24 am 
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There is a popular saying “This is Africa”……often used when surprised by an event that would not happen in the Western world. I had a very “this is Africa” moment when I returned to school after a relaxing vacation on Zanzibar Island and in the capital Dar-Es-Salaam. I had left the schedule I wanted with the Academic Headmaster before leaving for my vacation. It included me teaching 3 streams/classes of math for Form IV and 1 of Form III giving me the grand total of 24 periods a week. (Last year I only taught 18 periods). In this schedule I had Fridays off, like I did last year. I was planning on teaching 150 students from Form IV and 50 students from Form III. HOWEVER, when I return to school I see that the other teachers had combined Form IV into 2 streams instead of 3. This means 75 students in each classroom instead of 50 students. Also they put me down for teaching 2 streams of Form III instead of 1. So I went from having 150 students last year to 270 this year. They scheduled some of these classes on Friday. The icing on the cake was that newly adult classes were going to be taught at my school after 4 pm and I was required to teach at least 2 hours a week. I am standing and staring at the schedule when all this information sinks in and I have a stressed “Oh my gosh, that’s a lot” moment. However, I take a breath…….rearrange the schedule so I still manage to get Fridays off and consider that my consolation prize.
So basically my left hand will get a work-out this year from grading 270 papers anytime I give tests or homework instead of a comfortable 150 and have less free time to do so.
This is Africa. |
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