Napakarami raw tests ng anak niya, e, Grade 1 pa lang naman ito, sabi ng isang college friend na ngayon ay naka-base na sa Singapore. Natawa ako -- sa sarili ko lang naman -- dahil parang applicable rin sa mga hawak ko na classes ang reaksiyon na iyon. First year pa lang kami, Accountancy pa, andami-dami nang test! parang naririnig ko. Araw-araw naman kasi ay isang learning experience -- dapat -- at hindi kakayaning magpa-bandyng-bandying dahil minsan lang nila ito kukunin -- at dapat habambuhay ang silbi at gamit ng matututunan! Kaya, every meeting I try to make sure -- minsan kung todo lecture lang, well yun lang talaga yun -- na they get tested -- hindi naman through something formal like a quiz or an exam or any formal instrument -- for different skills, for content familiarity, and knowledge application! Gaya sa Part 1 ng aming 2-part Midterm Exam, in a 10-step following instructions under time pressure practical exercise -- my Philippine Literature students were assessed in 10 different ways, and then graded at 3 different levels. At sa Part 2 naman ng Midterm Exam, students evaluation came from 4 different stakeholders looking at each one of them using different lenses at different levels. As in most, if not all of their activities -- like in life -- ones grade -- as in ones reputation, success, achievement, person -- can never if ever come from just one source. We are at every moment the sum total of how others have thought us to be. Ako nga, first semester ko pa lang -- every day battery of tests -- at dahil totoong buhay ito, life and death -- future or no future -- kabuhayan o kahirapan -- ang nakasalalay. Ipag-aaklas mo kung magkakamali ka -- at higit dito, kung iba ang may mali. Pero, nakanino ang Answer Keys?
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 07:53:30 +0000
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