Weeks of work
Since I started having each of my classes taught by a different teacher in sixth grade I have noticed a problem: There are lots of weeks where there is a ton of work in several classes due in one week, or there are a ton of tests, or a combination of the two.
At times I suppose a build-up of tests and projects being due makes some sense, like before the end of the quarter when teachers would be trying to get a few more grades in before they have to send grades in.
It is also understandable right before a break, because teachers know that if you try to teach anything right before break, no one will remember it after, so it just makes more sense to start a new unit after break.
However, sometimes there are random weeks like this nowhere near a break or the end of the quarter. These confuse me. Unfortunate coincidence I guess. At least before I came to Uni I would have to blame it on an extreme lack of communication between different teachers. When complaints about the work would be brought up teachers would just have a look of confusion on their face, obviously not knowing anything about the other classes.
Here at Uni a nice effort is made to try and reduce this kind of ignorance to the students’ schedules by not allowing students to have more than three tests in a day, and having teachers record their test and the day on some sort of calender.
This method is pretty effective, although it doesn’t work when teachers forget to put their test down on the calender, but students will usually complain if they have four or five tests in one day.
However, this does not prevent a lot of papers or long-term projects being due all in a short period, so we still get weeks with tons of work like this due.
In fact, I am in the middle of one such week. There is a lot due this week, and a lot left to do. But despite this massive workload, I keep working, and looking forward to next week, with the knowledge that at least it won’t be this week.
— Deren Kudeki