Claustre, equip docent’s meeting and evaluation

It is the end of the trimester. Today teachers met to discuss the marks. The meeting was short because most of them agreed on the way students will be evaluated. Kids with learning difficulties were awarded better marks than other kids with better academic achievement but worse attitude and behaviour. There were no surprises at all during the meeting. All the teachers agree on which students are disturbing the rest of the class, which of them are lazy, which of them have made an effort to improve, which of them have learning difficulties but they try hard…

I was surprised by the comments they made on one of the students, who (apparently) is studying too hard and is too obsessed about marks. Instead of being happy about her results (she managed to get all ‘excellent’ for the first time), teachers said they would warn the family about her excessive effort. I had the feeling that if she was studying in a ‘private school’ no one would be worried about her but they would encourage her.

If she likes studying, why shouldn’t she do it hard and get better opportunities than the rest of her classmates. Her brother is studying in London. Why shouldn’t she aim the same, if she is happy with that and capable of doing it? Teachers always complain that students in that school haven’t proper studying habits and that they could perform better. When they have a motivated student, they want to push her down? This doesn’t make sense. She deserves being motivated and reaching as far as she wants!

However, I had the feeling that some students behave slightly differently with different teachers. In fact, I think that some teachers know better how to manage certain students.

This week one of the kids has been temporarily expelled due to violent behaviour and will be sent to a centre of the Generalitat with psychiatrists that will try to help him.