Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Especially if it's a two-hour one and most of the students have finished / given up after 60 or 90 minutes. Invigilating one of those is exactly like supervising detention hall. I can't possibly imagine how you'd feel after eight hours of that, once you've already had a number of naps and don't even feel like just sleeping anymore. I had one student today who was just staring at her toothbrush for about a minute, like as if she was counting the bristles on it or something.

[fustiancorduroy]

I love the standardized exam periods. Every classroom at my school has an Internet-enabled computer, so I get tons of planning done while proctoring them.

During mid-terms and finals, I don't have to work.

[bassexpander]

I've always thought proctoring sounded too much like proctology, and felt weird saying it.

[cruisemonkey]

I have to invigilate exams at my school (only 45 minutes), but I'd rather be a proctologist. Probing someone's sphincter would be more fun.

[Fishead soup]

As a foreign teacher what are you supposed to do if you catch them cheating.

I did a short sprint in the UAE. watching over exams there was sheer hell.
Almost all the students cheat. They consider cheating around the Kafir as Jihad.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[Easter Clark]

The students here can't be bothered to cheat. In fact, many of them can't be bothered to take the test. They sleep for 90% of it and spend the last couple of minutes filling in the answer sheet. The Korean teachers let them do it too--there's no motivating talk to "Do your best" or anything...simply astounding.

[cruisemonkey]