[Informatics] Audit

[Andrew Shortell]

Hi Vera

I understand where you are at. a few years ago I failed an audit too (one question)

I have been teaching since 1985, been on 2 study design panels for computing, one for IDM and marked exams every year since 1990 (maths, computing, IDM)

Back in the 1980’s teaching was just as hard. Adminis-trivia will never go away.

Lots of my acquaintances jeer at the holidays (not my friends) but not one has ever taken up my offer to come and teach my difficult classes for a week. Not one.

Year 7 is good. students in year 7 mostly still want to learn. then there is a wasteland until somewhere in year 12.
I have taught up to 3rd year Uni (as opposed to lecture) and even first years at uni still are not committed

The best students seem to be part-timers who are working - they are there by choice and by sacrifice. (and year 7s)

Retirement is still too far away and not enough super to live in the style to which I have become accustomed.

C’est la Vie




Andrew Shortell
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CRC Melton
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> On 10 May 2017, at 7:27 am, Vera Cook <vcook at mscw.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi 
>  
> I was wondering if anyone else had been audited and found that many of the questions are ambiguous and could ask two different things and if when you got your comments back you feel like resigning and never teaching VCE or anything again. When I did my bachelor degree at Monash Dr Abachi who was the head of engineering at the time said that I was stupid doing a post grad in eduation, obviously he was correct. He offered me a double in engineering and I think it would have been less stress full than teaching. Over time the work seems to be increasing, time is limited and the stress seems to be increasing, which causes illness. We are now teachers, psychologists medics which heaps of administrative tasks. I am sure that all teachers take home work, and spend heaps of time working at home as well as at school with little reward. Now I am raving!!
>  
> Could I have some comments please. I have been teaching for over 20 years but maybe it is enough. I have been to every major PL feel like I know the study design off by heart but feel exhausted and deflated.
>  
> Sorry had my whinge..
>  
> Thankyou Vera
> 
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