The last week of every term is the most stressful week of the term, not only to students but also to teachers like me. After encoding all quiz and other results and computing the final grades, the teacher should have enough energy to face the reality that many if not majority of the students in the class fails the subject, especially if its physics or math.

I don't want to express my opinion here on why students find physics and other mathematical subjects are hard. Gusto ko lang sabihin yung ilang mga karanasan ng mga teachers pagdating ng araw bago i-submit ang grades.

According to one faculty member here in Physics Department, checking students' papers is our hobby. For two weekdays, hindi ko nacheck ang email ko at tinigilan ko muna pagbabasa ng Machinery of the Mind (hindi ko muna dinadala) para lang matapos checkan ang gabundok na laboratory reports ng mga students.

Up to now, my ranking problem is still open. Talking about overworked, underpaid...

Katatapos ko lang i-check ang mga laboratory reports ng mga students. Buong araw yun lang ang ginawa ko at hindi madali. Hindi naman mahirap pero nakakainip lalo na na isa o dalawa lang talaga sa buong klase (of around 30 students) ang marunong magsulat ng report, in English. The rest, bokya sa grammar. Well, ako din hindi naman ganun kagaling sa English pero when it comes to writing, at least I can edit my work to check for grammars (tedious process for me sometimes kasi nauubusan ako ng vocabulary!).