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No Marks? - The Sindhupalchowk Diary

The Sindhupalchowk Diary

No marks?


“Sir, what is this? What is this face?”
“Where is the number mark, Sir?”
“How much did I get?”
“Who got highest?”
These were the reactions from my Smiley Mark Grading System (SMGS) - Yeah, let’s have a fancy word :P. You might be thinking kids from grade 6 were bound to ask so. This is not the case. Even students from Grade 9 had these questions after I graded their first papers using SMGS. So was the case with grade 7 and 8 as well.

Here, I was trying to do something different. And I thought I did something that could help my students. But it BACKFIRED.
Almost each of the students was asking for the number. I thought my SMGS would end the unfair competition regarding the numbers and end the bullying of low achieving students.
“Yeah, right. You got to be kidding me.”
Kids started competing based on the NUMBER OF SMILEYS. So creative these kids are. They would even count the number of ticks and compete. They would ask me who did the best of all.
I just couldn’t sink in the fact that SMGS failed. I thought it would be amazing.
And as we are told once and again, ‘Consistency’ is the key. Just because you tried once and failed doesn’t mean it won’t work. I decided to keep up with Smiley Mark.

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