GAYFKM!? moments are common this time of the year...

Reading something today in The Montreal Gazette reminded me of something last year. Last year, the ministry nearly had a riot because of the final English exams.

Now, that PIECE OF SHIT, WASTE OF PAPER, TIME and BRAINS lasts 14 hours or so, and was insultingly easy.

For one, there was a hilariously stupid 5 hour preparation for a one minute powerpoint presentation, with the usual ministry FAIL-LOGIC at work involving choosing the "right" pictures, and avoiding the "wrong" ones, because otherwise, you'd fail. Also, a literary analysis on a cheap popular fiction work. (If they dare use Twilight one day, I'm going to tear them a new asshole)

Anyways, students and teachers went into WTF mode bigtime.

Reactions of two students


Montreal gazette today published an article titled "Grade 11 exam revamped".

Right off, it pissed me off, although unrelated to the topic of this post.

"Quebec's Education Department appears to have backed away from the controversial parts of the coming Grade 11 English Language Arts exam. "

First off. WTF do you mean, "APPEARS"? You shit-head journalist can't even be freaking sure if it's true? Last time I checked, the gazette isn't some tabloid. FACTS, not GOSSIP & RUMORS, you idiot.

Okay, moving on. The article says,

"Some teachers had sharply criticized the provincial exam format, arguing it was too easy and unwieldy—and far too long, requiring 14 hours of class time in May."

but later quotes the ministry saying:

"Davis said the changes to the exam format weren't a result of criticism from teachers. 'We reviewed certain elements to improve it even further.'"

What a load of SHEEIT! You can't even admit you screwed up. GOD, ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!? I'm sorry, but FUCK YOU. They screw up, can't admit it, and dare to FUCKING LIE to make it seem like teachers liked it. Who the fuck you think you are, ministry? The teachers and students make the education system. You don't, no matter what a fancy name you may have, especially at your current rate of FAIL. You insult the students with that outrageous waste of time and brains, AND insult the teachers by saying that they had nothing to criticize about the exams. (For one thing, teachers can always find something to criticize.)

Relating to the powerpoint,

"Some teachers questioned whether all the schools had enough computers for the task."

Made me laugh out loud. It just so happens that, surprisingly, we DO have enough "computers" for the task. But clearly, quality before quantity went out the window when it came to computer acquisition at CSL.

Anyways, the article basically says that two controversial parts will be removed, namely the freaking powerpoint, and the talk competency eval.

"Staff assume the length of the exam will shrink as a result"

Believe me, you have no idea as to the impotency of the ministry.

Because through all this, the creme of the creme, or in this case the shit on top of the shit, is that all these reactions, as well as the article, is based on English schools and the ministry test, not the french schools. So really, we might still get 14 + hours of toil, or as usual, the ministry might overcompensate, and this year, lots of FAIL will be floating around.