Cry Babies

Supervising exams isn't much different than teaching daycare. I have to deal with so much... childishness. :) Which is fine because I missed it, but still. Today a kid wandered into his exam 15 minutes late and started whinging because he couldn't get his printer to work (they had to turn in an essay with the exam). I gallantly volunteered to print off his paper in lieu of a morning tea break (Hey, he was cute. It must be nice being hot. People do anything for you.). When I brought him his paper and his usb drive, he barely looked up from his exam paper and muttered some kind of grunt. I said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. What was that?" Then he reluctantly pulled his head up and said thanks. I was ready to take it away again. Jerk.

Then, we require the students to not leave out of a certain set of doors. We solve this by having me stand in front of them. I had a student basically keep trying to run into me. When I wouldn't move, he said agitatedly, "Um. Excuse me?" (I know I look young, but I was wearing the official nametag and had been the person to pick up his exam from him.) I informed him that I was actually standing there for a reason and he was to use the other doors. The second after he walked away, a girl came and tried the same maneuver. Goodness sake.

They also like to complain that we have to accompany them to the toilet. Yeah, I'm not so thrilled about that either, buddy boy. Especially when I have a phobia of hearing other people pee. And we have to tell them 47 and half times to write in information on the back of their test booklets. They sit and complain about how long the process is taking, but when you get to them, they haven't realised that they were supposed to fill that part in. What did you think everyone else was doing?

Fortunately, I miss it enough and it's a short enough term job for me to find it nothing but funny. You just have to shake your head and laugh at the kid who walks into the exam, completely empty handed and says, "Do you have a pencil I could use? And a calculator? And... do we need anything else?" Now, many of them come prepared, take their exam, and leave without incident. But they're boring. :) So kids don't grow out of being toddlers. Who knew?