and so, as i have predicted -- bio results is a hell of disaster.
paper 1 - majority of them gets 20 something over 50.
paper 2 - i am halfway through marking their papers. maybe there will be a few of them (can count with fingers using EITHER my left, or right hand) get 50-ish over 100.
paper 3 - hoho, majority gets 20-ish over 50.
i have discussed the above questions 3-4 times ever since we covered the chapter on Enzymes, right until before the bio papers.basically, the question asks the students to explain why the *smart* housewife marinates cutlets of meat with strips of papaya and put it in a basin containing warm water.
use your brain to apply some knowledge of biology - cutlets and strips is to increase surface area. papaya contains enzyme papain that can tenderize the meat.
warm water is to provide optimum temperature for enzymatic reaction.
easy, right?
gosh, there are still students who couldn't answer it correctly,
giving me ALL SORTS of crap.
like the example given above -- she answered in a way as if she is preparing some cooking recipe.
the question above asks for ways to prevent development of cancer cells.what can i say?
i can't deny the existence of divine power, can i?
this student - i don't know how much he has learned or remembered over the past 10 months studying biology.
his papers are one of the easiest to mark, together with a few more of them.
cross. cross. cross. and cross.
but i know he remembered one important thing i told them during one of the lessons,
and i am sure it will stick with him for the rest of his life.
the meaning of bowel movement and pass motion.
oh crap.
the marks for the whole bio paper? i think they can barely get a pass for it.
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In a more philosophical class, they would attack the housewife question by asking why we're still stuck in the patriarchal mentality of relegating women to the household and stereotyping them as 'wives' and not 'free women'.
Ah, and yes, I suppose cancerous cells are caused because we don't say grace often or well enough!
Bowel movement, pass motion, and crap. Must be a shitty experience marking the papers.
Aiyo... :-/
You're right Ben! Why must it be a 'housewife' preparing meals.. why can't it be a lady, or a man.. haha.. it's so gender stereotyping...
haha.. the cancer part was funny la. haih. i should look out for more of this kind of jokes and compile them.
I am going to mark the essays now.. let's see what funny stuff comes out
;)
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